Peppermint Candy Cookies
Yield
1 batchPrep
Cook
10 minReady
2 hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
butter
softened |
|
| ½ | cup |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 2 ½ | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| ½ | cup |
walnuts
chopped |
|
| Candy mixture | |||
| ¼ | pound |
peppermint stick candy
crushed |
* |
| ½ | cup |
powdered sugar
|
|
| The filling | |||
| 2 | tablespoons |
cream cheese
softened |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
milk
|
|
| 1 | each drop |
food coloring
red |
*
|
| ½ | cup |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
candy
mixture, see above |
* |
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | ml |
butter
softened |
|
| 118 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 591 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 118 | ml |
walnuts
chopped |
|
| Candy mixture | |||
| 113.4 | g |
peppermint stick candy
crushed |
* |
| 118 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| The filling | |||
| 3E+1 | ml |
cream cheese
softened |
|
| 5 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 1 | each drop |
food coloring
red |
*
|
| 118 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 45 | ml |
candy
mixture, see above |
* |
Directions
Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla together until fluffy.
Add the flour and walnuts and blend to form dough.
Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
Candy mixture:
In a small bowl combine both ingredients.
Set aside.
Three tablespoons of this mixture is used in the filling and the remainder is used to garnish the cookies.
The filling:
In a bowl blend together the cream cheese, milk, food coloring and the confectioners' sugar until smooth.
Blend in 3 tablespoons of the candy mixture.
Remove the dough from the refrigerator and for each cookie pinch off a rounded teaspoon of the dough.
Form into a ball and shape around your thumb to make a little compartment in the middle.
Place about ¼ teaspoon of the cream cheese filling in the depression.
Pinch the dough back together and roll it back into a ball.
Repeat the process with the remaining dough and filling.
Place the balls on a nonstick cookie sheet.
Bake in a preheated 350℉ (180℃) oven for 10 to 12 minutes.
Do not brown.
Remove cookies to a cooling rack.
To garnish, roll the cooled cookies in the remaining candy mixture.
