Ayo's Chocolate and Peppermint Sugar Cookies

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recipe by Ayo’s Cakes and Bakes https://ayoscakes.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    24
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    145

These delightful chocolate and peppermint sugar cookies are the perfect sweet treat... whether plain or decorated, they make perfect baked favors for your loved ones.

Inspired by: http://ayoscakes.wordpress.com/ayos-cake/

recipe updated Nov 17, 2021

Ingredients

  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    150 g
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    150 g
  • Chocolate chips icon
    Chocolate chips
    100 g
  • Peppermint extract icon
    Peppermint extract
    2 tablespoons
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    350 g
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand mixer
  • kCook icon Spatula
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Rolling pin
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl

Step preview

  1. Grease 2 clean baking sheets
  2. Add salted butter and granulated sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
  3. Cream together until smooth
  4. Add chocolate chips to the large mixing bowl
  5. Mix until combined
  6. Add peppermint extract and egg to the large mixing bowl
  7. Beat until combined
  8. Add all purpose flour to a clean small bowl
  9. Fold flour into large mixing bowl until combined
  10. Chill in fridge - 30 min
  11. Dust work surface with all purpose flour
  12. Roll out the dough until 1/4" thick
  13. Cut out cookie shapes
  14. Place cookies on 2 baking sheets
  15. Chill in fridge - 25 min
  16. Pre-heat oven - 171°C
  17. Bake - 20 min, 171°C
  18. Let cool on the baking sheet - approx 5 min
  19. Transfer cookies onto cooling rack
  20. Dust with icing sugar or melted chocolate
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