Discover the delightful world of Peppermint Meltaways and why these delicate cookies should be at the top of your treat list this holiday season. From their irresistible flavor to their melt-in-your-mouth texture, these goodies are guaranteed to bring joy to your next cookie exchange.
❤️ Why you'll love these Christmas Cookies
Buttery cookies: this shortbread cookie has sweet peppermint flavor and is so buttery and delicious and will melt right in your mouth!
Easy recipe: If you are looking for easy and new recipes to add to your cookie collection during Christmas time, then this Peppermint Meltaway cookies recipe is a great choice!
Holiday gifting: These easy peppermint meltaways are a great addition to your holiday cookie trays.
🥘 Peppermint Meltaways Ingredients
Unsalted butter
Powdered sugar
Peppermint extract
All purpose flour
Corn starch
Milk
Red food coloring
Peppermint candy discs or crushed candy canes
🔪 Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, using a hand mixer on medium speed, combine 1 cup butter, ½ cup powdered sugar and ½ teaspoon peppermint extract until creamy.
- In a medium mixing bowl, mix together flour and cornstarch. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until well combined.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Remove cookie dough from fridge and using a 1 teaspoon sized cookie scoop, scoop dough and shape into dough balls.
- Place dough balls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies.
- Bake cookies for 13 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
- Remove cookies from oven Let stand 1 minute (important!); remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely.
- Combine 1-½ cups powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. Stir in food color. Drizzle over cooled cookies and immediately sprinkle with crushed candy.
🥄 Equipment
Large mixing bowl
Medium mixing bowl
Electric mixer
Baking sheets
Small cookie scoop
Wire rack
🥫Storage
Room temperature: store in an airtight container up to 7 days.
Freeze: store in a freezer safe airtight container up to 1 month. Thaw completely before serving.
📖 Variations
Chocolate-Dipped: dip half of each cooled cookie into melted dark chocolate then sprinkle the crushed peppermint candies on top.
Sandwich cookies: spread a layer of peppermint buttercream between two cooks to add an extra layer of flavor.
💭 Tips
Chill the dough: don't skip chilling the dough. The butter in the cookie needs to be good and cold to allow the cookies to maintain their shape while baking and enhances the texture of the cookie.
Use quality ingredients: buy good quality butter and peppermint extract for bet flavor. Avoid using peppermint oil, as it will make the cookies too strong.
Handle with care: Don't over mix the dough, doing so can result in a tough cookie.
📚 Related Recipes
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Peppermint patty brownies are the perfect combination of mint and chocolate.
These Peppermint Hot Cocoa Bombs make great holiday gifts.
These Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are another great addition to your next cookie exchange.
These Brownie Cups with Peppermint Buttercream are fudgy, minty, and delicious!
Make this Minty Boston Cream Crepe Cake and impress your dinner guests!
Mint Chocolate Truffles are an easy holiday candy recipe that are a great addition to the holiday dessert table.
🍽 Serve with..
- Wrap and gift this peppermint meltaway cookie recipe along with a recipe card with the written recipe, as part of a cookie platter, or dessert table.
- These cookies are excellent with a hot cup of peppermint mocha or minty tea!
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📖 Recipe
Peppermint Meltaways
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Ingredients
Cookie dough
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1¼ cup flour
- ½ cup cornstarch
Glaze
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons Butter softened
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1-2 tablespoons milk , glaze should be thick enough to drizzle
- 2 drops red food color , optional
- ½ cup Peppermint candy , crushed
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, using a hand mixer on medium speed, combine 1 cup butter, ½ cup powdered sugar and ½ teaspoon peppermint extract until creamy.
- In a medium mixing bowl, mix together flour and cornstarch. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until well combined.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Remove cookie dough from fridge and using a 1 teaspoon sized cookie scoop, scoop dough and shape into dough balls.
- Place dough balls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies.
- Bake cookies for 13 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
- Remove cookies from oven Let stand 1 minute (important!); remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely.
- Combine 1-½ cups powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract, red food coloring (if using), and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. Stir in food color. Drizzle over cooled cookies and immediately sprinkle with crushed candy.
Pam says
They look great and sound delicious - they are so pretty
theUngourmet says
These are so pretty!
Lori says
So delicate and pretty.