Merry Christmas! Well, I got somewhat side-tracked in my holiday blogging. I thought I'd have lots of time on Saturday to get totally caught up, but obviously that didn't happen. I really wanted to make some kind of cookie with candy cane and white chocolate in it. I don't really know what I wanted to do this because I'm not generally a fan of white chocolate and I basically totally despise mint (like I still use bubblegum toothpaste because I hate mint). Anyway, I could NOT find a recipe for exactly what I wanted. I looked on Pinterest and Google, which both sent me to various websites and blogs, but none of it was what I wanted. I decided to just hunt down a recipe for a good, chewy sugar cookie and go from there. It was a good plan. I found a great sugar cookie recipe from The Food Network and tweaked it to my fancy. The cookies turned out fabulously. Huge hit. My favorite comment (from one of the brother's friends) was, "Why does this have candy canes in it? Because it is fantastic."
White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Ingredients:
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 tsp peppermint extract
3-4 TBSP buttermilk
4 candy canes, crushed (I used a food processor...make sure it doesn't turn to powder!)
6 oz (give or take) white chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and peppermint. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Add enough of the buttermilk to moisten the dough and make it soft, NOT wet. Stir in candy canes and white chocolate chips.
Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls and place on cookie sheet. You might want to cover the cookie sheet with waxed or parchment paper and something like Pam. (The melt-y candy cane likes to stick.)
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until slightly golden.
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