PEPPERMINT COCOA SWIRL COOKIES
These beautiful and festive swirled cookies look hard to make -- but they're not! We add a dash of cocoa to half of our sugar cookie dough, creating two different flavors. Crushed peppermint candies give the finished cookies a touch of holiday cheer.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 4h
Yield about 34 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- For the cookie dough: Sift the cake flour, baking powder and salt onto a piece of parchment or into a medium bowl; set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the vanilla and egg and beat until incorporated. Reduce the speed to low and mix in the flour mixture in 2 batches until just incorporated. Remove half of the dough, shape into a rectangle, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- For the filling: Add the cocoa powder to the remaining dough and use your hands to knead it in until completely combined. Shape the chocolate dough into a rectangle, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate with for 30 minutes.
- Roll each dough piece between 2 pieces of parchment to a roughly 11-by-8-inch rectangle. Refrigerate the rolled dough for an additional 20 minutes.
- Stack the vanilla dough on top of the chocolate, then peel away all of the parchment except the piece on the bottom of the chocolate dough. Use the parchment to help roll the dough into a tight spiral to form a tight log. Cover the log in plastic wrap and freeze until solid, 1 to 2 hours.
- Position oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
- Cut 1/4 inch off each end of the log with a sharp knife to reveal the swirled pattern. Slice the log into 1/4-inch-thick slices, about 34 total. Divide the slices between the prepared baking sheets. Bake, rotating the baking sheets top to bottom and front to back halfway through the cooking time, until the tops of the cookies are no longer tacky, about 10 minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- For the add-ins: Once the cookies are cooled, microwave the white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl, stirring every 15 seconds, until completely melted. Dip the cookies halfway into the chocolate, then sprinkle or dip in the crushed peppermint candies. Allow the chocolate to set before serving.
PEPPERMINT SWIRL COOKIES
Make and share this Peppermint Swirl Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Misti_Country_Girl
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 48 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350*.
- Beat butter, powdered sugar and vanilla in large mixing bowl. Stir in flour.
- Divide dough in half.
- Stir peppermint extract and food coloring into one half.
- Divide each color of dough in half.
- Shape each piece of dough on generously floured surface into rope, 12 inches long.
- PLace 2 ropes, 1 red and 1 white, side by side. Twist ropes. Repeat with remaining 2 pieces of dough.
- Cut twisted ropes into 1/2-inch pieces; shape into a ball.
- Place about 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Flatten to about 1/4-inch thickness with greased bottom of a glass dipped in sugar.
- Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until set.
- Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool.
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