White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
 
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A buttery, chewy cookie filled with white chocolate chips and peppermint pieces. A perfect Christmas cookie that is as festive as it is delicious! The star of any cookie plate!
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Recipe type: Christmas Cookie/Seasonal
Serves: 3 dozen
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¼ tsp peppermint extract (or two drops of peppermint essential oil, such as Doterra)
  • 2½ cups +2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt (If using unsalted butter, add 1 tsp salt.)
  • 1½ cups white chocolate chips
  • ½ cup + more for garnish crushed peppermint candy canes
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare two large cookie sheet pans with parchment paper, Silpat mat, or cooking spray. Set aside.
  2. In your stand mixer or in a large bowl with your hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars for 1 minute.
  3. Add the eggs, vanilla, and peppermint extract. Mix until completely incorporated, about 20-30 seconds.
  4. Next, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Stir and then pour into the creamed mixture. Mix until well incorporated and a dough has formed.
  5. Next, add the white chocolate chips and peppermint candy cane pieces. Mix until just combined.
  6. Scoop dough out onto the prepared baking sheets. If doing regular-sized cookies, you can fit 12 on a cookie sheet. If using a large cookie scoop, you can fit 8. At this point, you can add a few extra pieces of candy cane or white chocolate chips to the top of each cookie to make them extra pretty.
  7. Bake cookies in the preheated 350-degree oven. Regular-sized cookies bake for 7-8 minutes. Large cookies bake for 11-13 minutes. Cookies will be lightly browning on the edges and top when they are ready to come out of the oven.
  8. Let the cookies sit on the baking sheet for 1-2 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
  9. Let cool and Enjoy!
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/white-chocolate-peppermint-cookies/