Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Bakery-style chocolate peppermint cookies with a delightful mix of white and dark chocolate chips and crushed peppermint candy canes.

By @janespatisserie

Original recipe source

Cook time: 30 minutes

Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 125 g unsalted butter
• 175 g light brown sugar
• 1 medium egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp peppermint extract
• 250 g plain flour
• 35 g cocoa powder
• 0.5 tsp baking powder
• 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 0.5 tsp sea salt
• 150 g white chocolate chips/chopped
• 150 g dark chocolate chips/chopped
• 50 g crushed peppermint candy canes
• 0 Candy canes
• 0 Pieces of chocolate

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 190ºC (170ºC fan).
2. Add the butter and sugar to a bowl and beat together until creamy.
3. Add the egg, vanilla extract, and peppermint extract and mix.
4. Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, and sea salt and mix again.
5. Add the white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, and crushed peppermint candy canes and mix.
6. Split the mixture into 8 portions; they weigh about 120g each.
7. Add the portions to two large lined trays.
8. Bake for 12-14 minutes.
9. When they are fresh out of the oven, add extra bits to the dough if you want for decoration.