Peppermint Chocolate Thumbprints

By srumbel

Chocolate and peppermint – the flavor combination is perfect! The red and white stripe lends a bright note for both Christmas and Valentine’s Day! Peppermint Chocolate Thumbprints lend themselves to a variety of “fancies”. A hardworking, versatile cookie, some might say. Others just say “YUM!”

I omitted rolling the cookies in sugar when I made this batch to save a few carbs. You could substitute powdered sugar for the ½ cup sugar for a frosted look. Or use ½ cup sanding sugar with its larger granules for a festive look. Or small sprinkles for a colorful look. This is a good recipe to make with young helpers. They can unwrap kisses, roll the cookie dough into balls and then in the sugar. It’s a fun cookie to make and fun to eat. This visitor would certainly agree with the last part of that sentence!
from apinchofjoy.com

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2/3 cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 14 ounce bag Peppermint Kisses
• 1/2 cup sugar for rolling cookies

Details

Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 10mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, mix together butter and 1 cup sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla.
Mix together flour, cocoa and salt in small bowl, then add gradually to sugar/butter mixture. Mix until combined.
If dough is sticky, refrigerate for 20 minutes or until dough is easy to handle.
Place ½ cup sugar in small bowl.
Roll heaping teaspoons of dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Roll each ball in the sugar and place about an inch apart on parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake for 9 minutes, remove from oven then press peppermint kiss into each cookie.
Return to oven for 1-2 minutes until cookie is set and kiss slightly melted.
Let cookies stand on baking sheet for 1-2 minutes before removing to rack to cool thoroughly.
Serves: 42