Description
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these festive green peppermint chocolate chip cookies, featuring a perfect blend of mint extracts, white chocolate chips, and colorful candies for a delightful holiday treat.
Ingredients
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Dry Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 6 drops green food coloring (more if desired)
Add-ins
- 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
- 1 cup green or mint chocolate candies (such as M&M’s)
- 1/2 cup chopped Andes mints or mint baking chips
Instructions
- Preheat Oven and Prepare Baking Sheets: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper to ensure cookies don’t stick and bake evenly.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt to combine the leavening and seasoning evenly throughout the dough.
- Cream Fats and Sugars: In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to cream the softened unsalted butter, shortening, light brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until the mixture is light, fluffy, and well blended.
- Add Eggs and Flavors: Beat in the eggs one at a time to incorporate them fully. Then stir in the vanilla extract, peppermint extract, and green food coloring until the dough is evenly tinted a festive green color.
- Combine Dry and Wet Ingredients: Gradually add the dry ingredient mixture to the wet mixture, mixing just until the flour is fully incorporated to avoid overmixing the dough.
- Fold in Candy Mix-ins: Gently fold in the white chocolate chips, green or mint chocolate candies, and chopped Andes mints or mint baking chips for bursts of minty sweetness and colorful texture.
- Shape and Bake Cookies: Drop rounded tablespoons of dough about 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, until the edges are set but the centers remain soft and chewy.
- Cool Cookies: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes to firm up before transferring them to wire racks to cool completely, ensuring perfect texture.
Notes
- For a festive touch, press extra candies onto the cookies immediately after baking while they are still warm.
- Store cookies in an airtight container to maintain freshness for up to 5 days.
