


Cocoa powder is a very light, fine powder so it doesn’t bulk up cookie dough like all-purpose flour. Chilling the dough: Make the cookie dough using the printable recipe below.Success Tips for Peppermint Frosted Chocolate Cookies Set aside 3 hours to chill or you can prepare the dough the night before to get a jumpstart on cookie baking the next day. Cocoa powder makes this cookie dough extra sticky, so chilling the cookie dough is imperative. Most of the ingredients are repeated in the frosting, too. Ease & Time: This is a basic chocolate cookie dough without any specialty ingredients.Texture: Soft-baked, thick, and chewy.These are pretty much brownie cookies without the need for melted chocolate in the dough.

A careful ratio of unsweetened cocoa powder, flour, and butter gives us fudgy cookies that border the line of homemade brownies. We use peppermint extract in both the cookie dough and frosting, an ingredient I always prefer over regular mint extract (which can sometimes taste like toothpaste). Flavor: If you love the combination of mint and chocolate, don’t miss out on this cookie recipe.Tell Me About These Peppermint Frosted Chocolate Cookies Every year since 2013, I work on a handful of new Christmas cookie recipes and publish the 10 best ones for readers to enjoy! You can browse dozens of recipes on the Sally’s Cookie Palooza page. This recipe is part of my annual Christmas cookie countdown called Sally’s Cookie Palooza. The peppermint frosting is velvet smooth and a pleasant crunch from crushed candy canes makes a festive finishing touch! You’ll love these Christmas cookies because they’re fudge-like and rich with extra soft centers and chewy edges. Let’s dress up my favorite chocolate cookie dough and make these peppermint frosted chocolate cookies.
