Peppermint Chip Meltaways
Luscious Peppermint Chip Meltaways take your breath away with every bite. These cookies have a strong mint flavor and are rolled in turbinado or colored sugar making them very festive for holiday baking.
Equipment
- 2 18x26" cookie sheet pans
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 electric mixer
- 1 wooden spoon
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup canola oil or use avocado oil or coconut oil
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar sifted
- 2 large eggs
- 5 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 12 oz. package Andes peppermint baking pieces
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar (to roll the cookies in)
Instructions
- Combine butter, oil, sugar, confectioners’ sugar, eggs, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt and vanilla in a bowl.
- Mix with an electric mixer until creamy and smooth.
- Stir in flour and peppermint baking pieces with a wooden spoon until well combined. Using a mixer at this point toughens cookies.
- Shape cookies into balls.
- Roll in granulated sugar.
- Put 2" apart on cookie sheets that have been sprayed with cooking spray
- Bake at 350°for about 15 minutes.
- Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks half way through cooking time.
- Cool.
Notes
NOTE: The secret to these cookies is making sure they are not crowded. Give them plenty of space when baking as they spread.
NOTE: My cookies took almost 20 minutes to bake because the oven cooks slower.
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Nutrition
Calories: 145kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 55mgPotassium: 27mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 94IUCalcium: 4mgIron: 1mg
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