Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are wonderfully festive. Chocolate cookies filled with dark chocolate chunks and crushed peppermint candy canes. The perfect treat for a Saturday evening!
INGREDIENTS
200g Plain Flour
200g Butter
1 Egg
50g Cocoa Powder
150g Caster Sugar
60g Candy Canes
40g Dark Chocolate Chunks
METHOD
Place the plain flour, butter, egg, cocoa powder and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Beat together until it forms a dough.
Crush the candy canes, add them along with the chocolate chunks into the bowl, mix them into the dough.
Take approximately a tablespoon of the mixture, roll into a ball and place onto a pre lined baking sheet.
Press down on each ball slightly. Then place the baking sheet into the oven for approximately 12 to 15 minutes.
Take the cookies out of the oven and leave them on the tray to cool slightly, before transferring to a cooling rack.
Enjoy!