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#1 Chocolate Chip (03/26/19)
These peppermint sugar cookie sandwiches with chocolate ganache are easy to make and a gorgeous addition to your holiday cookies.
~Ingredients:
-Sugar Cookie Dough:
1 Cup Unsalted Butter, softened.
1 Cup Granulated Sugar.
1 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract.
1/4 Teaspoon Peppermint Extract.
1 Large Egg.
3 Cups All Purpose Flour.
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder.
Pinch of Salt.
-Chocolate Ganache Filling:
3/4 Cup Heavy Cream.
10 Ounces Bittersweet Chocolate Chips.
2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter.
-Decoration:*
10 Regular Size Candy Canes, finely crushed.
~Directions:
-Making the Sugar Cookie:
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Line a cookie tray with parchment paper.
Step 2: In the bowl of your mixer, cream butter and sugar until light in color and well incorporated.
Step 3: Add in the peppermint extract and egg until combined, scraping down sides as needed.
Step 4: In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
Step 5: Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter/ egg mixture. If your mixer gets mad because the dough is too thick, you can finish it by hand (knead the dough together). If desired, chill dough before rolling.
Step 6: In small batches, roll out dough on a floured surface to about 1/4 inch thickness and cut into circles – we used a biscuit cutter. Place on the prepared cookie sheet.
Step 7: Bake for about 6 - 8 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack. Cool completely.
-Making the Chocolate Ganache Filling:
Step 8: Heat the heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until just starting to bubble, but not boiling.
Step 9: Meanwhile, place the chocolate chips and the butter in a bowl, pour hot cream over the chocolate and butter.
Step 10: Let the chocolate ganache sit for 5 minutes undisturbed and then stir until all the chocolate is melted.
Step 11: Let cool until the mixture is thickened enough to be spreadable.
Step 12: Once ganache is spreadable, spread it onto one of the sugar cookies, all the way to the edge.
Step 13: Place another cookie on top, pressing down lightly.
Step 14: Immediately roll the edges in candy cane to decorate.
Step 15: Continue this process until all the cookies have been filled and made into sandwiches.
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~Recipe Notes:
*Feel free to roll them in sprinkles if you're not a candy cane fan.
1) The cookies can be a bit fragile – so just make sure your ganache is cooled off and thickened, but not too thick. Then, carefully but quickly spread it onto the cookies.
Enjoy!
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