Bready or Not: Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookie Sticks
These handy cookie sticks are loaded with holiday deliciousness with a perfect combination of chocolate chip shortbread, thin frosting, and crushed peppermints. Do note that the peppermint chunks will dissolve into the frosting if they sit there over a day or so, so add them just before serving.
Course: Dessert, Snack
Keyword: bars, cookies, mint
Author: Beth Cato
Ingredients
Cookie Sticks
3/4cupunsalted butter
3/4cupwhite sugar
1large eggroom temperature
1Tablespoonvanilla extract
1/4teaspoonpeppermint extract
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1/2teaspooncream of tartar
1/2teaspoonsalt
2cupsall-purpose flour
1cupmini chocolate chips
Frosting:
1/4cupunsalted buttersoftened
2cupsconfectioners' sugarsifted
1Tablespoonvanilla extract
3 - 4Tablespoonsmilkor cream or half & half
1/4teaspoonsalt
1/3cupcandy canes crushed; or peppermints
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Line a jelly roll pan (10x15-inches) with foil and apply nonstick cooking spray all over the surface.
Cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in egg and both extracts, followed by the baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. Add flour until just incorporated, then the chocolate chips.
Use your hands to press the dough evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until it's just starting to turn golden brown at the edges. Cool completely before frosting.
For the frosting, cream butter until smooth. Slowly mix in powdered sugar until it starts to become crumbly, then add the salt and vanilla extract. Stir in 2 tablespoons of milk, then add more until it is spreadable consistency.
Use the foil to lift the cookie slab onto a cutting board. Use an uneven spatula to frost the full surface. Let the frosting set for a short while. Slice cookies into sticks.
DO NOT sprinkle crushed peppermints on until soon before serving--the candies will actually dissolve into the frosting after a day or so, which looks bad though they still taste fine.