It is sweet treat month here at Picture Perfect Cooking! I tried so many new tasty treats over the Christmas holidays, I decided to make all of the February posts extra sweet. Make these for your sweetie or yourself!
I found these little beauties on the Taste of Home website and I think they are so pretty with the crushed peppermint candies on top.
For the cookies:
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
For the frosting:
2 tbsp. butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar
2 tbsp. 2% milk
1/4 tsp. peppermint extract
1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies
For the cookies:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare a baking sheet. Sift the flour and cornstarch together onto a paper plate and set aside. In a small bowl, cream butter and confectioner’s sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add extract.
Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture and mix well.
Shape the dough into 1 inch balls and place 2 inches apart on the baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Move the cookies to wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
For the frosting:
In a small bowl, beat the butter until fluffy. Add the confectioner’s sugar and extract. Beat until smooth. Spread the frosting over the completely cooled cookies and sprinkle with crushed peppermints. Store in an airtight container. This recipes makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.
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