chocolate candy cane cookies

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 12
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 417.2
  • Total Fat: 24.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 78.7 mg
  • Sodium: 221.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 49.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
  • Protein: 3.3 g

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Introduction

Great at christmas or anytime you want a minty chocolate fix. High in calories so limit yourself to just one. Great at christmas or anytime you want a minty chocolate fix. High in calories so limit yourself to just one.
Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

    cookies
    all-purpose flour, 1.75 cup
    Salt, .25 tsp
    Butter, salted, .75 cup
    Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened, .5 cup
    Granulated Sugar, 1 cup
    Egg, fresh, 1 large

    filling
    Powdered Sugar, 1 cup, unsifted
    peppermint extract, .75 tsp
    Peppermint candies, .5 cup (crushed)
    Butter, salted, .75 cup
    red food coloring

Directions

cookies
Cream together butter and sugar. Mix in the egg. Add dry ingredients and mix together well. Chill for one hour. Scoop out into tablespoon size balls and place on lined cookie sheet about two inches apart. Flatten with a glass and bake at 350 for about eight minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Filling
Mix together all ingredients except mints and blend well. Spread filling on one cookie and top with another. Roll edges in crushed mints.

makes 12 cookie sandwiches

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FLOWERLADY121.