Substances: 6 tablespoons butter, at room temperature 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup flour 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa 2-3 drops peppermint extract pinch salt
nonpareils for sprinkling
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375.
Within the bowl of a stand mixer or in a big bowl utilizing a hand mixer, cream butter, and sugar till gentle and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. With the mixer working gradual beat the flour into the butter combination. Take away half of the combination to a bowl. Add the cocoa to the dough within the mixer, and blend till well-incorporated.
Fill the cookie press fitted with a disk of your alternative (I used tree) with the dough, alternating tablespoons of chocolate and plain dough.
Press dough 1 inch aside onto ungreased, unlined nonstick baking sheets. Sprinkle with nonpareils Bake 8-12 minutes or till set. Take away from pans to wire racks to chill fully.
Yield: 1 1/2-2 dozen cookies (this recipe may be simply doubled)
My ideas:
I used to be questioning why peppermint is such a preferred taste on the holidays, I imply wouldn’t one thing seasonal like citrus be a extra pure alternative? Because of residing within the fashionable world, I discovered this text that asks this vital query. Apparently sweet canes began out as a stick sugar sweet given to youngsters to maintain them from being noisy in church? I’m somewhat skeptical. Apparently nobody is aware of why peppermint flavoring was added or why they have been striped. My guess is that like so many meals origin tales is that the man in all probability had peppermint flavoring and pink dye available and voila. It’s an attention grabbing combo and there weren’t too many peppermint candies on the market save the York Peppermint Pattie.
It additionally credit Bobs for popularizing sweet canes after the invention of an automatic sweet cane machine that made it potential to make curved sweet canes vs the peppermint sticks that had been well-liked. I’ve to say, Bobs are far and away the most effective commerical sweet canes on the market, annoying lack of apostrophe apart, so I’m not shocked they’re have been on the forefront of the sweet cane revolution.
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