This has always been a pretty popular holiday cookie recipe here on the RecipeGirl website. The recipe first appeared in an old Bon Appetit magazine. But it needed a bit of re-working. These peppermint sugar cookies are more like a shortbread cookie than a sugar cookie. They are light and flaky, and the peppermint flavor is not overwhelming. The addition of crushed candy canes makes them perfectly festive.
Ingredients needed:
all purpose flour baking powder salt butter powdered sugar egg yolk egg whites peppermint extract crushed peppermint candy
Ingredient notes:
Use peppermint extract. Do not use mint or spearmint extract, unless you want your cookies to taste like toothpaste! For the crushed peppermint candy, it’s okay to use candy canes. But you can also use the little round peppermints. Just smash them to bits, and you’ll be good to go.
How to make Peppermint Sugar Cookies:
Make the dough using an electric mixer. Stir in crushed peppermint candy. Gather the dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about an hour.
Form the chilled dough into balls. Roll the dough balls in powdered sugar and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Use a fork to create a criss-cross on the top of each sugared cookie dough ball. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet. Then move them to a rack to cool completely.
Peppermint sugar cookies are a good recipe to add to your holiday baking list. They’d even be a good cookie to bake for a cookie exchange party!
If you are looking for more holiday cookie recipes, you might like to try these:
Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies Eggnog Cookies Yellow Cake Batter Christmas Cookies Chocolate Espresso Snowcaps Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies
