Description
Homemade chocolate peppermint surprise cookies offer a delightful winter treat with rich cocoa and cool mint flavors. Unexpected chocolate centers melt inside each cookie, creating delicious moments you’ll savor through festive gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 eggs
- 160 g (⅔ cup) vegetable oil
- 300 g (1 ½ cups) granulated sugar
- 120 g (1 cup) confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- ½ tsp peppermint extract
- 270 g (2 ¼ cups) all-purpose flour
- 80 g (1 cup) cocoa powder
- 2 tsps baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 5 candy canes, crushed (about 75 g)
Instructions
- Preparation of Dry Components: Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl, ensuring even distribution of dry ingredients.
- Wet Mixture Creation: Cream sugar, vegetable oil, and cocoa powder in a large bowl until achieving a silky, homogeneous consistency.
- Egg and Extract Integration: Incorporate eggs one at a time, thoroughly mixing after each addition. Blend vanilla and peppermint extracts throughout the batter for an aromatic infusion.
- Dough Assembly: Delicately fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, maintaining a light touch to preserve the dough’s tender structure. Gently mix in crushed candy canes, distributing the festive crimson pieces evenly.
- Chilling Phase: Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate for 2-12 hours, allowing flavors to develop and dough to firm up.
- Preparation for Baking: Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- Shaping and Coating: Scoop chilled dough and roll generously in confectioners’ sugar, creating a delicate, frost-like exterior. Position dough balls on prepared sheets, leaving ample space between cookies.
- Baking Process: Bake for 11 minutes, noting that cookies will appear slightly soft but will solidify during cooling.
Notes
- Chill the Dough Properly: Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to enhance flavor development and prevent excessive spreading during baking.
- Handle Candy Cane Inclusion: Crush candy canes finely and distribute evenly to ensure consistent peppermint flavor throughout each cookie.
- Master Sugar Coating Technique: Roll dough balls generously in confectioners’ sugar for a beautiful crackled, snow-like exterior that adds visual appeal and subtle sweetness.
- Watch Baking Time Carefully: Remove cookies when edges are set but centers appear slightly soft, as they’ll continue firming up while cooling to prevent overdrying.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 22
- Calories: 158
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 109 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 32 mg