Double Chocolate Cookies with a Peppermint Patty Surprise

By á-6416

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, slightly softened
• 1 egg
• 24 miniature peppermint patties, unwrapped and chilled
• 6 oz white chocolate chips, chopped
• Peppermint candy canes or candies, crushed or finely chopped

Details

Servings 2
Cooking time 20mins

Preparation

Step 1

Using an electric mixer, beat the flour, cocoa powder, both sugars, salt and baking soda on low speed. Beat in the butter, then the egg. Turn out the dough onto a large piece of plastic wrap and flatten into a disk; seal. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hr.

Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment. Working with 1 Tbs of dough at a time, use your fingers to evenly encase each peppermint patty with dough. Place on the prepared pans and smooth the dough with your fingers. Bake, switching pans halfway through, until just firm to the touch, about 15min. Remove the pans from the oven and let cool slightly. Transfer the cookies on the parchment to a rack to cool completely.

Meanwhile, in a double boiler or small, heatproof bowl set over a small saucepan of simmering water, melt half of the white chocolate, stirring until melted. Remove from the heat and stir in remaining white chocolate until smooth. Using a large spoon, drizzle the white chocolate over the cookies. Sprinkle immediately with the crushed peppermint candies. Let set completely before serving or storing.