Peppermint Cookies with White Chocolate

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 (4 oz bars white chocolate
  • 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 1/4 cups Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Peppermint extract
  • 1/2 cup Sugar

• Dairy

  • 6 tbsp Butter

• Desserts

  • 23 Peppermint candies, hard

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Description

Ingredients

• ½ cup sugar
• 6 T butter, softened
• 1 large egg
• ½ tsp peppermint extract
• 1¼ cups flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 23 hard peppermint candies, crushed and divided, plus 10 more for topping
• 2 (4 oz) bars white chocolate

Directions

• Beat sugar and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add egg and peppermint extract, beating until blended.
• Stir together flour and next 2 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating just until blended. Stir in 23 finely crushed candies.
• Shape dough into 2 logs and wrap each log in plastic wrap. (Logs will be about 2 in diameter.) Refrigerate until firm.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut each log into ¼ slices; place on parchment or Silpat lined baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes until or until lightly browned. (I rotated my sheets after 5 minutes.) Remove from baking sheets to wire racks and cool completely. (About 20 minutes.)
• Microwave white chocolate at medium heat for one minute. Stir until smooth.
• Spoon chocolate over cookies and sprinkle with candy pieces. Let stand until the chocolate is firm.