{"id":5279,"date":"2010-12-23T10:41:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T16:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=5279"},"modified":"2010-12-23T10:41:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T16:41:18","slug":"peppermint-crunch-double-chocolate-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/23\/peppermint-crunch-double-chocolate-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Peppermint Crunch Double Chocolate Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>I LOVE the combination of peppermint and chocolate, so in addition to yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/22\/cookie-cutter-peppermint-bark\/\">Cookie Cutter Peppermint Bark<\/a>, I made <em>cookies<\/em> that feature these flavors, too!\u00c2\u00a0 This recipe made TONS of cookies, so it was just perfect for our Cookie Boxes.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got some last minute crafting to do and Cookie Boxes to deliver, so on with the recipe!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Peppermint-Crunch-Double-Chocolate-Cookies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5282\" title=\"Peppermint Crunch Double Chocolate Cookies\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Peppermint-Crunch-Double-Chocolate-Cookies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Peppermint-Crunch-Double-Chocolate-Cookies.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Peppermint-Crunch-Double-Chocolate-Cookies-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><strong>Peppermint Crunch Double Chocolate Cookies<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/redcouchrecipes.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/peppermint-crunch-double-chocolate.html\">Red Couch Recipes<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup butter<\/li>\n<li>1 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 cup white sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 cups semi-sweet\u00c2\u00a0or milk chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1 cup Andes Peppermint Crunch Chips<\/li>\n<li>1 cup walnuts &#8212; optional<\/li>\n<li>Crushed Peppermint to decorate<\/li>\n<li>White chocolate to decorate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a medium bowl, cream sugars with butter until smooth. Beat in the  eggs, one at a time and add vanilla. Add baking powder, salt, and cocoa  powder. Next add flour, one cup at a time, beat in well. Stir in  chocolate chips and nuts. Roll tablespoons of dough into rounds and  bake\u00c2\u00a0in 350 degree\u00c2\u00a0oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Do not over bake! Cool on  wire rack for 2 minutes. Decorate with crushed peppermint and white  chocolate drizzles.\u00c2\u00a0 Hint:\u00c2\u00a0 Press the crushed peppermint on cookie right  after it gets out of the oven so that it can stick on the cookie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/23\/peppermint-crunch-double-chocolate-cookies\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I LOVE the combination of peppermint and chocolate, so in addition to yesterday&#8217;s Cookie Cutter Peppermint Bark, I made cookies that feature these flavors, too!\u00c2\u00a0 This recipe made TONS of cookies, so it was just perfect for our Cookie Boxes.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got some last minute crafting to do and Cookie Boxes to deliver, so on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,20,78,37,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chocolate","category-cookies","category-dessert","category-gifts","category-holiday","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5283,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5279\/revisions\/5283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}