Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Bites
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Recipe type: Cookie
Serves: 24 cookies
 
These chocolate peppermint shortbread bites are sure to be a holiday favorite!
Ingredients
Cookies
  • 1 cup flour
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ cup butter
Chocolate Ganache
  • 6 ounces semisweet or milk chocolate,chopped
  • ½ cup whipping cream
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325F.
  2. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, sugar, and cocoa powder. Using a pastry blender {or your hands!}, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs and starts to cling together {this may take a little while}. Roll into a ball kneading until smooth.
  3. On a floured surface, roll out dough into approximately ½ inch thickness. Use a small rectangular cookie cutter or slice into 1 inch x 2 inch rectangles. Place onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes or until just firm in the center. Cool cookies on a wire rack.
  4. In a medium saucepan, bring whipping cream just to boiling over medium heat. Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Let stand for 5 minutes and then stir until smooth. Cool for 15 minutes before using.
  5. Place 6 peppermint candies into a Ziploc bag and crush into small pieces.
  6. Drizzle the chocolate ganache over the tops of the cookies and then sprinkle with the peppermints.
Recipe by Clean and Scentsible at https://www.cleanandscentsible.com/chocolate-peppermint-shortbread-bites/