Chocolate Chip Peppermint Sugar Cookies
Soft and chewy sugar cookies with candy cane pieces and chocolate chips!
Servings 15 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened at room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 6 large candy canes, crushed reserve two of the crushed candy canes in a small bowl, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream butter and sugar together in the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with an electric hand mixer for about one minute, until light and fluffy.
- Add in egg and vanilla and beat until combined.
- In a medium sized separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture a little at a time, mixing as you go. The dough will shape into a ball when everything is combined.
- Next, add in 4 of your crushed candy canes and chocolate chips. Mix into the dough with a spatula or by hand until well combined.
- Scoop heaping tablespoon sized pieces of dough and roll into balls. You should get roughly 15 balls all together.
- Press the tops of each ball into the reserved candy cane pieces. Place the balls onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet. Make sure there is about 2 inches in between each cookie as they spread significantly. I used 2 baking sheets for the 15 cookies, 7 on one sheet and 8 on the other, so there was enough space to allow for cookie spreading.
- Bake for 11-13 minutes, until the cookies puff up and spread out. You want your cookies to look like they still have a minute or two to bake. Do not wait until the edges brown, your cookies will be overdone.
- Cool on a wire rack for a few minutes and enjoy!
Notes
You can also use mini candy canes for this recipe. Two mini candy canes equals about one large one, so you would need 12 mini candy canes for this recipe, reserving 4 for the topping.
Store these cookies in an airtight container and they will stay chewy and delicious for up to a week!