Dessert Recipes
Peppermint Christmas Cookies
Description
"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."
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 1 teaspoon red food coloring (paste colouring gives a deep shade)
- 1 3⁄4 cups flour
- 30 30 chocolate rosettes or 30 chocolate wafers
Directions
- Cream together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt.
- Add coloring and mix well to distribute color evenly.
- Stir in flour.
- Shape in 1 inch balls.
- Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Flatten each by pressing a chocolate in each center.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, or until bottom starts to brown.
