Marble Chocolate Peppermint Spritz Cookies

Ingredients:
6 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1/4 loving cup sugar
1 egg
1 loving cup flour
1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
2-3 drops peppermint extract
pinch salt

nonpareils for sprinkling

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375.

In the bowl of a stand upwards mixer or inwards a large bowl using a manus mixer, cream butter, in addition to carbohydrate until low-cal in addition to fluffy. Beat inwards egg in addition to extract. With the mixer running irksome shell the flour into the butter mixture. Remove one-half of the mixture to a bowl. Add the cocoa to the dough inwards the mixer, in addition to mix until well-incorporated. 


Fill the cookie press fitted amongst a disk of your selection (I used tree) amongst the dough, alternating tablespoons of chocolate in addition to manifestly dough. 

Press dough 1 inch apart onto ungreased, unlined nonstick baking sheets. Sprinkle amongst nonpareils Bake 8-12 minutes or until set. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.  

Yield: 1 1/2-2  dozen cookies (this recipe tin live on easily doubled)
My thoughts:
I was wondering why peppermint is such a pop flavor at the holidays, I hateful wouldn't something seasonal similar citrus live on a to a greater extent than natural choice? Thanks to living inwards the modern world, I flora this article that asks this of import question. Apparently candy canes started out every bit a stick carbohydrate candy given to children to piece of job on them from existence noisy inwards church? I'm a lilliputian skeptical. Apparently no 1 knows why peppermint flavoring was added or why they were striped. My gauge is that similar then many nutrient source stories is that the guy in all likelihood had peppermint flavoring in addition to ruddy dye on manus in addition to voila. It is an eye-catching combo in addition to in that place weren't besides many peppermint candies out in that place relieve the York Peppermint Pattie.

It also credits Bobs for popularizing candy canes later the excogitation of an automated candy cane machine that made it possible to brand curved candy canes vs the peppermint sticks that had been popular. I accept to say, Bobs are far in addition to away the best commerical candy canes out there, annoying lack of apostrophe aside, then I am non surprised they are were at the forefront of the candy cane revolution.

Anyway, it seems similar no 1 knows only I practise honey peppermint in addition to the holidays are every bit skilful an excuse every bit whatever other to brand something pepperminty. These cookies dyad it upwards amongst its BFF, chocolate in addition to practise a refreshing crisp lilliputian cookie. I alone made a small-scale batch because nosotros are alone 2 people only experience complimentary to double to triple the recipe, it should live on fine.

In the bowl of a stand upwards mixer or inwards a large bowl using a manus mixer Marble Chocolate Peppermint Spritz Cookies

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