Peppermint Pattie Cookies
Remember your childhood days with the Peppermint Patties? Well now you can make your own Peppermint Pattie cookies. This is a great cookie for the Christmas holiday.
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Ingredients
- 2/3 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 12 to 14 small (1 1/2-inch) peppermint patties
Instructions
- Beat butter and sugar; add vanilla and egg, blending well.
- In a separate bowl mix together dry ingredients.
- Add to butter mixture alternately with milk, blending well.
- Refrigerate dough about an hour or until firm enough to handle. Dough will be a little soft.
- Lightly grease cookie sheet.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Shape small portion of the dough around unwrapped peppermint patties, completely covering candy.
- Place on prepared cookie sheet; flatten slightly and crimp with tines of a fork around the edges, if desired.
- Bake at 10-12 minutes or until set.
- Cool 1 minute, remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
- Cool completely.