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These peppermint sugar cookies look like something you would see straight out of Santa’a workship! They are sugar cookies with chocolate chips, frosting, and peppermint! What more could you want out of a festive holiday cookie?
If you love dressed up cookies for Christmas you’re going to want these! They’re my favorite sugar cookies with chocolate chips and peppermint – made into cookie bars so they’re EASY! These cookies are easy to package up and give as gifts, you can make them as big or as small as you want.
How to make peppermint sugar cookies
- Butter: Unsalted and softened is the best for this recipe.
- Sugar: Use granulated sugar.
- Egg: I always use large eggs.
- Vanilla extract: Natural extracts always taste best!
- Peppermint extract: Make sure to use peppermint not mint extract.
- Baking soda: For leavening
- Cream of tartar: For softness in combination with the baking soda.
- Salt: Essential since we are starting with unsalted butter.
- All-purpose flour: Be sure to spoon and level it in the measuring cup – don’t pack it.
- Mini chocolate chips- I use mini chocolate chips because they fit better into sugarcookie, you could use regular ones I but it may overwhelm the cookie and be a bit too lumpy.
- Powdered Sugar – For the frosting
- Heaving whipping cream – makes my buttercream super fluffy!
- Crushed candy canes: These are for garnish. You can also use peppermint pieces.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes, or just until is starts to get golden brown around the edges. These cookies taste better if you err on the side of under-done rather than baking them too long. Make sure they cool completely before frosting.
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Dorothy’s Expert Tips
- Remember, cookies bake slightly as they cool on the pan so when baking be cautious, they are better slightly underdone (yum) than over done and crispy.
- Store loosely covered for up to 3 days or freeze in a single layer for up to one month. If you are freezing the sugar cookie, don’t add the peppermint crunch until after you take it out and thaw it or they will melt into the frosting and dissolve.
Peppermint Sugar Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
For the Cookie Sticks:
- ¾ cup (170g) unsalted Challenge Butter, softened
- ¾ cup (150g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups (248g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (170g) mini chocolate chips
For the Frosting
- ¼ cup (57g) unsalted Challenge Butter, softened
- 2 cups (226g) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3-4 tablespoons (45-60ml) heavy whipping cream
- crushed candy canes or peppermint pieces, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 10×15-inch pan (jelly roll pan) with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray (for easy removal).
- Cream butter and sugar with a hand or a stand mixer until fluffy. Mix in egg and both extracts, then mix in baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. Once mixed, add flour and stir carefully until cookie dough forms, then stir in chocolate chips.
- Press mixture evenly in the prepared pan. Bake for 15-18 minutes, or JUST until it starts to get golden brown around the edges. These taste better if you err on the side of under done as they continue cooking as they cool. Cool completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting: cream butter with a hand mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Slowly mix in powdered sugar until crumbly, then add salt, vanilla and 2 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream, adding more as needed for consistency.
- Remove from pan and remove foil (if using). Frost sugar cookie slab with the frosting and sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Slice into sticks. Makes 64 cookies.
- Store loosely covered for up to 3 days or freeze in a single layer for up to one month. Note: if freezing, add the peppermint crunch after defrosting or it will dissolve into the frosting.
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FAQs
Store peppermint sugar cookies loosely covered on the counter top for up to three days.
You can absolutely freeze peppermint sugar cookies! They are best frozen in a single sheet. Be sure not to add crushed candy canes before you freeze the cookies or they will melt into the frosting. Add the peppermints after you thaw the cookies before you are ready to serve.
No problem! If you don’t like chocolate chips feel free to leave them out.
Cookies are soft when there is a good amount of moisture in them. Cookies turn hard when there is a lack of moisture in them. This could be they were baked for too long or have dried out from being old or stored incorrectly.
Be sure to use the best ingredients when you’re making cookies – that’s why I use my favorite Challenge Butter. Challenge sponsored this post back in 2016 but I’m still using their butter – have used it all my life.
Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars are an easy cookie bar recipe for Christmas – make sugar cookies and add chocolate chips and tons of peppermint and candy cane flavor.
These would make such a great gift for friends and neighbors!!
Sugar cookies and peppermint are my favorite things in the world. Basically I’m in love here!
I LOVE that you made cookie sticks. Plus, I love peppermint AND sugar cookies…so basically I need to make these ASAP!
I love cookie bars like this – easy to make and so soft and chewy!
yes yes and so many more yes’s for these!!
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