published on December 5, 2012 by aimee @ shugarysweets 40 comments
I share many treats and desserts on my small blog, however it’s the household recipes which i expect to discussing probably the most. Becoming an adult, I resided within the same town for several years as my relatives, therefore we all grew to become very close. Holiday gatherings usually have featured trays of desserts. As me and my brothers and sisters and cousins got older, the duty to create the treats to holidays for families now use us. Frequently, I bring my very own creations, but from time to time I really like baking a childhood recipe!
These peppermint puff cookies are among the scrumptious cookies have a tendency to made their way to the holiday cookie platter, because of my maternal granny, who I'm so fortunate to have within my existence. They’re so deceivingly scrumptious!
The crunchy sugar coating (that will get an additional crunch from whipped egg-whites) enables you to *think* you'll be biting right into a crunchy cookie. Then you're able to the center—the soft, buttery peppermint center! My dear word.
The only chocolate nick gives the perfect quantity of sweetness to those cookies, without overtaking the peppermint flavor! I really like which i found these red and eco-friendly chocolate nick morsels, and that i sure hope granny will provide of my deviant nature. I’m confident when she sees these cookies about this year’s holiday cookie platter, she'll be delighted, especially since she didn’t need to make them!
I'm so grateful that the kids are fortunate to obtain their great-granny within their lives too. I let them know tales of all of the great treats she made through my childhood years! They're so fortunate to possess this time around to discover another generation, and also to at some point have the ability to pass these tales on to their personal children.
Hopefully they'll spread these great recipes too!
Grandma's Peppermint Puff Cookies
Yield: 3-4 dozen cookies
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
- 1 cup granulated sugar, divided
- 1 egg, divided
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup crushed peppermint chocolate canes
- 3-4 dozen semi sweet chocolate morsels
Directions:
- Inside a mixing bowl, cream butter until smooth, a couple of minutes. Add vanilla and 1/4 cup granulated sugar. Beat until creamy. Include egg YOLK. Gradually add flour and crushed chocolate canes.
- Mixture can be really crumbly at this time.
- Taking a couple of tablespoons CRUMBS, press in palm of hands to shape right into a 1" ball. Repeat for remaining dough.
- In normal size bowl, whip egg-whites for around thirty seconds until foamy. Put remaining 3/4 cup sugar inside a separate bowl.
- Dip each ball into egg-whites comletely coating, then letting the surplus drip off. Then roll in sugar carefully. Lay cookies on the parchment paper lined baking sheet, a couple of inches apart.
- Press a chocolate nick to the top lightly (it'll adhere throughout the cooking).
- Bake cookies inside a 350 degree oven for fifteen minutes.
- Remove and awesome ten minutes on pan before transferring to some wire rack. The bottoms may have extra egg white-colored crisps that you could discontinue whenever you transfer towards the rack. Awesome completely.
- Store cookies in airtight container for just one week. ENJOY
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