Peppermint White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peppermint is one of my favorite flavors. I enjoy eating it year-round but it seems more socially acceptable to only bake up pepperminty flavored treats during the wintertime. These cookies are the first thing I baked when we moved into our new apartment a couple weeks ago.
Moving during the holiday baking season was rough for me. Not only did I miss out on all the delicious baking that I usually do around the holidays, I also didn’t get to decorate our house. We did get a tree on the 21st which we decorated, but doing this so late in the season really put a damper on my mood.
When I had started to think about what I would bake first in our apartment, my mind instantly went to cookies. I have been on a major cookie kick recently. I figured they’d be great since I was out of work for a few weeks and wouldn’t have anywhere to take my baked goods. So I baked these cookies up and threw them in the freezer. Some of them got taken to friends houses over the holidays and I still have a few left in my freezer.
I used my favorite browned butter chocolate chip cookie recipe but just subbed in white chocolate chips and crushed up candy canes. I learned a tip from a friend about unwrapping candy canes. You know how the plastic gets all staticky and you can’t get it off your hands? If you freeze your candy canes, the static goes away and the wrappers come off easily!
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Peppermint White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: 2 dozen large cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
4 oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 cups brown sugar
3/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup crushed candy canes (~24 candy canes)
sea salting, for sprinkling (optional)
Directions:
Melt the butter in a saucepan until brown and set it aside to cool.
Cream the butter, cream cheese and both sugars together with an electric mixer until smooth.
Add the eggs and beat until combined.
Turn the mixer on low and mix in the flour, salt and baking soda until just combined.
Add the chocolate chips and candy cane pieces and mix until just incorporated.
Cover the dough and refrigerate until chilled, several hours or overnight.
When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a few trays with baking paper.
Roll 1/4 cup size balls of dough and place them on the trays. Flatten slightly. Sprinkle with sea salt.
Bake for 9-12 minutes, until the edges are golden.
Recipe adapted from Beantown Baker
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
I can’t wait to try these! I hope you’re doing well!
Vegan cookies huh? And sugar-free? Wow, they look good!
like truffles or fudge, huh? I’ll take one!
or 5 🙂
I love cookie exchanges too! I actually participated in Steph’s exchange too 🙂 These cookies sound delicious and if they’re vegan they’re supposed to be healthy right??
ooo these sound amazing for the exchange! Sorry it was a challenge to find a recipe but I’m so glad you found one you liked!!
These cookies look amazing. I mean they contain chocolate, rum, plus they are sugar-free. This is the perfect dessert. Thanks for sharing.
WOW – this cookie could not look more delicious 🙂
How are these sugar free with maple syurp in them that has lots of sugar
How many cookies does this make in one batch?
beantownbaker — December 17th, 2013 @ 10:56 am
If I remember correctly, it made ~2 dozen cookies.
Normally, I don’t like Oreo flavor. But this cake make me hungry.