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Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Recipe

This recipe has been in our family for the past 40 years. It doesn't seem like Christmas if we do not make these cookies.—Deborah Paugh, Fostoria, Ohio

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Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 32 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar, divided
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chunks

Directions

In a small bowl, cream butter and 1/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Stir in crushed candies.
Roll dough into 1-in. balls; roll in remaining sugar. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Lightly press a chocolate chunk into each ball.
Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks. Yield: about 2-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 93 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 18 mg cholesterol, 31 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Chocolate Peppermint Cookies in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2008, p63