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Peppermint Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup butter softened
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp mint extract
1½ cups all purpose flour
⅔ cup cocoa
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
28 unwrapped peppermint kisses
Directions:
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
2. Cream butter and both sugars with mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and mix just until incorporated. Mix in mint extract.
3. Whisk together flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a medium bowl. Add the dry mixture to butter mixture in three parts. Blend after each addition just until combined; scraping down the side of mixer bowl as needed. Remove bowl from mixer, cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours up to overnight.
4. Butter hands and roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place on cookie sheet with 1-2 inches between cookies.
5. Bake for 10 minutes. Allow to cool for 3 minutes only. Press one peppermint kiss into the top of each cookie. Carefully move to cookie cooling racks.

 

 

 

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