Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Holiday favorite.

Ingredients

Cookies:

• 1 C butter
• 1 C sugar
• 1 C brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 ¼ C flour
• 1 tsp baking soda v¾ C unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 ½ C chocolate chips

Peppermint Frosting:

• 1 C white chocolate chips
• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• 4 Tbsp powdered sugar
• 2 Tbsp milk v2 tsp peppermint extract
• 4 drops red food coloring
• Dash salt
• 15-20 mini candy canes

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cream together butter and sugars for 2 minutes. Add eggs and mix for another 1 minute, or until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and mix until just combined.
3. Add flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt and mix until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
4. Bake for 7-8 minutes, or until the tops of the cookies crack. Remove pan from oven and allow the cookies to finish baking on the hot sheet. Then remove to a wire rack and cool completely.
5. To make the frosting, melt the white chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring after each one.
6. Beat the butter and cream cheese together until smooth. Add the white chocolate and mix.
7. Add the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, peppermint extract, food coloring, and salt. Mix for 1 minute. Scrape the bottom of the bowl and mix on medium speed for about 2 minutes, or until smooth and a bit fluffy.
8. Crush candy canes. Frost each cookie and add crushed candy canes immediately.