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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (22g) Recipe makes 30 servings
Calories 106
Calories from Fat 55		(52%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 6.2g	9%
	Saturated Fat 3.6g	18%
	Monounsaturated Fat 1.8g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 20mg		6%
Sodium 58mg		2%
Potassium 28mg		0%
Total Carbohydrate 11.2g		3%
	Dietary Fiber 0.4g	1%
	Sugars 5.3g
Protein 1.4g		2%
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Peppermint Christmas Cookies

Recipe #104700 | 15 min | 5 min prep | add private note

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By: * Pamela *
Nov 23, 2004

This recipe is a great one to make for Christmas Cookie Exchanges. These colorful cookies add a real festive treat to any holiday platter. I made these for the first time for a cookie exchange and I made a double batch of green and a double batch of red.

SERVES 30 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

3/4 cup soft butter
3/4 cup icing sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons peppermint extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon green food coloring or red food coloring (paste colouring gives a deep shade)
1 3/4 cups flour
30 chocolate Hershey's chocolate kisses or chocolate rosettes or chocolate wafers

Directions

1
Cream together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt.
2
Add coloring and mix well to distribute color evenly.
3
Stir in flour.
4
Shape in 1 inch balls.
5
Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
6
Flatten each by pressing a chocolate in each center.
7
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, or until bottom starts to brown.

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From: CherryRed

On Dec 18, 2008

1/15/08: These cookies came out really good, but I deviated so much from the recipe that I can only give it 4 stars. First, I added some extra flour to the dough because the consistency was too mushy and wet. Then I added a whole bunch of extra peppermint extract to make the mint flavor come through. When that didn't do enough, I crushed a bunch of candy canes and mixed them into the batter. Then it was perfect! I also had to add the Hershey kisses about 2-3 minutes before the cookies came out of the oven, as opposed to putting them on in the beginning. The chocolate got all bubbley and the kisses' tops sort of burned when I put the kisses on first. Overall, a pretty good recipe - it just needs some tweaking. Thanks Pamela! UPDATE 12/18/08: I made these again and ran into the same problems as before. This time, I recorded the amounts I changed. I ended up using 2 1/2c flour, 1/4c extra sugar, and 1T + 1t peppermint extract. I also crushed 6 candy canes and mixed them into the dough. Also had to refrigerate the dough before baking so the cookies didn't spread into flattened blobs. Still tastes great though!

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From: Chef #531277

On Dec 24, 2007

I made this recipe both as it is and with the suggestions other reviews have offered, and both times these cookies turned out flavorless. If you can get passed one bite, the chocolate is the only redeeming taste to this recipe.

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From: Nadia NYC

On Dec 30, 2004

These cookies are very pretty and easy to make. The dough was indeed too sticky to form anything out of also, it needed to be a tad sweeter so I added the following: 1/4 cup more flour and 1/4 cup additional sugar. Oh, if you're like me and follow the directions step-by-step, don't forget to add the peppermint extract (after vanilla)! I almost forgot as it wasn't in the directions. Thanks, Pamela for posting this wonderful recipe.

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From: MrsMM

On Dec 21, 2006

These are good. I should have chilled the dough because it was very goopy. I did a green batch and they look so festive. Like another reviewer, I also needed more flour. I upped the amount of extract too, because of another review saying they lacked flavor. Overall, they ARE pretty and very simple, but not remarkable.

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