chocolate peppermint bar cookies
A great addition to the holiday cookie tray. Makes 32. From Gourmet magazine-December 2006. These will be thinner than brownies.
prep time
25 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
Bake
yield
32 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup hard peppermint candies, coarsely crushed (candy canes will work)
How To Make chocolate peppermint bar cookies
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Step 1Preheat oven to 375F. Place rack in middle position of oven. Line a 13-9 inch metal baking pan with 1 sheet of foil, allowing 2 inches of foil to hang over each end of pan. Butter foil, except for overhang.
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Step 2Whisk together flour, cocoa, soda and salt in a small bowl.
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Step 3Beat together butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg until combined.
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Step 4Reduce speed to low and mix in flour mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips and peppermint candy pieces.
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Step 5Spread dough evenly in pan and bake until puffed and beginning to pull away from sides of pan, about 20 minutes.
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Step 6Cool completely in pan, then, lifting with foil, transfer to a cutting board. Cut into bars and lift off foil with spatula.
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