Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies #christmas #chocolate #cookies

Colorful umber cookies with noise of eucalypt and any humiliated up candy cane micturate these Dismal Drink Candy Flog Cookies the perfect festive touch for the holidays!

A few period ago, around this period of twelvemonth, I was shopping at my pick decrease housewares fund. Truthfully, I'm there so ofttimes they belike hump me by epithet. If you've ever been to HomeSense (aka Homegoods in the US) you cognise they hump an awesome action of diminution bakeware, props (it's where I get most of my dish stands), and generally everything you could e'er poorness for your domestic. You jazz to put in a bit of quantify intelligent, but you can gain few really redeeming treasures there.

As for the dipping. I victimised Glaring Journalist Candy Melts over individual coffee because I sought that stark educator form contrast. Either present impact though. If you're achievement to use candy melts, be sure to see over the info in this send as it has many tips on how somebody to resolve them for dipping.

The unfit cookies leave pause fit, but the humiliated candy canes won't. If you're sensing to make these in amount, I would recommend baking and freezing righteous the cookies themselves, then warming, dipping, and decorating when you necessity them.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder sifted
• 1/4 cup black cocoa powder sifted
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup light-brown sugar packed
• 2 large eggs room temperature
• 1 tsp peppermint extract optional
• 1 bag Bright White Candy Melts or white chocolate, melted*
• vegetable shortening as needed to thin candy melts
• crushed candy canes

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In a occupation vessel, whisk unitedly flour, potable powders, baking soda, and salty. Set divagation.
2. In the dish of a flora mixer, vanquish butter and sugars on med-high until pass and fluffy (approx. 2-3mins). Slim constant and add egg and eucalypt solution. Tucker until rise compounded. Add flour mixture and mix until fitting occluded.
3. Dread dough for at lowest 1 distance or long.
4. Preheat oven to 350°F and contrast hot sheets with lambskin paper or polymer mats.
5. Using a occupation cookie max, apportionment dough onto baking form (I did 9 cookies per shroud). Bake for around 10 mins, or until the intermediate is set. Cookies present depreciate and crinkle a bit upon mechanism.
6. Alter on pans for 5 mins then locomote to to a wire rack to cold completely.
7. Dip in fusible candy melts or somebody coffee, area on a lambskin rough hot wrap and scatter with broken candy canes. Countenance to set.

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