Monday 19 September 2022

Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Cookies

These Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Cookies are a super festive and delicious Christmas treat! They’re perfect for your holiday cookie plate!


3/4 cup powdered sugar 
1 cup butter 
2 tsp vanilla extract (or peppermint extract) 
1 3/4 cups flour 
1/2 cup cocoa (I use Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa)
6 oz chocolate (I used chocolate candiquick) 
Peppermint Baking Chips

  • Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. 
  • Add vanilla and mix until smooth.
  • Add flour and cocoa and mix until combined. Dough will be very thick. 
  • Place dough on parchment paper and shape into a log. 
  • Roll dough up into parchment paper and refrigerate for about an hour. 
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a cookie sheet by lining it with parchment paper or a non stick baking mat. 
  • Slice dough into about 24 cookies that are about 1/4 inch thick. 
  • Bake cookies for 9-11 minutes. 
  • Allow cookies to cool completely on a cooling rack. 
  • Melt chocolate in a bowl.
  • Pour chocolate into a piping bag with a small round tip (or into a ziplock bag with a corner cut off) Drizzle chocolate over cookies. 
  • Sprinkle peppermint baking chips onto chocolate as you go - chocolate dries quickly

Recipe: Life, Love and Sugar

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