Gooey Peppermint S’mores Cookies – Holiday Cookies You Will LOVE!

Gooey Peppermint S’mores Cookies – Holiday Cookies You Will LOVE!

You are going to love these gooey Peppermint S’mores Cookies! Holiday Cookies You Will LOVE consist of these and they are really good!  I got this recipe from a friend and the ingredients are to die for!  If you are like me a frugal gift idea for your family and friends is to spend a week baking a big batch of cookies each day and creating a cookie tray!  It is practical and the thought that goes in each one is awesome!  Plus, you save on a hostess gift!

Peppermint Cookie
Ingredients:
1/2 C unsalted butter, room temp
1 bag of Ghirardelli chocolate wafers
1 tsp. peppermint oil
1½ C flour
¼ C unsweetened cocoa powder
1½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
1¼ C brown sugar
3 eggs, at room temperature
1½ tsp vanilla
1 bag of square marshmallows

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment.
-Melt butter and chopped chocolate and peppermint oil in a sauce pan on medium heat. Stir frequently.
-Remove the saucepan with the melted chocolate, peppermint oil from the burner. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
-Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder in another bowl.
-Using a hand mixer, combine the eggs, brown sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
-Pour the cooled melted chocolate into the egg mixture.
-Divide the dry ingredients in half mixing after each addition. The cookie dough may be thick .
-Cover the dough and put it in the refrigerator to chill for one hour.
-With a small ice cream scoop make the dough into small balls.
-Put the dough balls 2 inches apart on the parchment paper.
-Flatten the tops slightly by using the bottom of a glass.
-Bake at 325 degrees for 12 minutes.
-Cut marshmallows in half, length wise and then put two chocolate wafer into the cut of the marshmallows.
-Remove the cookie from the oven and put the marshmallow on each cookie.
-Put the cookies back into the oven on boil for about 4 minutes until the marshmallows are soft and light brown.
-Remove the cookies from the oven.
-Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack.
-Put chocolate wafers in the microwave, heating the chocolate for 1 minute, stir well. Then repeat steps until the chocolate wafer has completely melted.
-Drizzle the cookie with melted chocolate wafer by dipping a fork into the bowl of melted chocolate. Next shake the fork above the cookie several times to drizzle the chocolate onto the cookie.

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