Peppermint Wedding Cookies
This recipe tastes
like a hybrid of a wedding cookie and a melt-away mint. The
peppermint candy
crumbs give a burst of refreshing sweetness with each bite.
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1⁄2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 tsp. peppermint extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1⁄2 tsp. salt
10 hard peppermint candies, crushed
1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
Parchment paper
1. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until
creamy; gradually add 1⁄2 cup sifted powdered sugar and peppermint extract, beating
well. Add flour and salt, beating until blended. Cover and chill dough
30 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 350°. Place crushed peppermints in a bowl.
Place 1⁄2 cup
powdered sugar in a second bowl. Shape dough into 20 (11⁄4-inch) balls; place 1 inch apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
3. Bake at 350° for 18 minutes or until bottoms are golden
(tops will be pale). Immediately roll each cookie in crushed peppermints and then
in powdered sugar. Generously sprinkle peppermints on top of each
cookie, mounding slightly. (Peppermints will stick to cookies as they cool.)
Cool completely on wire racks (about 30 minutes).
Makes: 20 cookies
Hands-on Time: 20 min. Total Time: 1 hr., 40 min.
Recipe from Southern Living Around the Southern Table by Rebecca Lang. Copyright 2012 Oxmoor House
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