Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Tree Cookies
Chocolate shortbread cookies are cut into festive shapes, dipped in White Confectionery Coating and sprinkled with crushed peppermints. Oh what fun it is to bake!
- Author
- Joan Repato
- Cook Time
- 8-10 minutes
- Servings
- 24-36 Cookies
- Category
Easy
Ingredients
- 12 oz (340g) Unsalted butter, softened
- 3 oz (80g) Confectioners sugar
- 13 oz (260g) All purpose flour
- 1 oz (20g) Cocoa powder
- 3 oz (80g) Cornstarch
- 3 oz (80g) Luker 54% Sombra Dark Chocolate, or any Luker Dark Chocolate you prefer, melted
- 8 oz Luker Dark Chocolate, melted
- 2 oz Very Hot Water (or hot cream for a richer ganache)
- 5g Dreidoppel Creme de Menthe flavor paste
- 12 oz (340g) White Chocolate Confectionery Coating, melted
- 3 oz (85g) Crushed Peppermint Candies
Directions
- In a mixing bowl with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar and beat at medium speed.
- In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder and cornstarch.
- Combine flour mixture with creamed butter and sugar mixture; mix until fully incorporated.
- Mix in melted chocolate until fully combined.
- Take out the dough and form into a ball. Then flatten and place dough in between two pieces of parchment paper.
- Roll the dough to ¼" thick and place in the refrigerator or freezer until firm.
- Cut cookies with cookie cutter and place on lined sheet pan.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
- When cookies are completely cool, you can fill 2 cookies with Dreidoppel Crème de Menthe White or Dark Ganache (recipe to follow).
- Dip filled cookies (half way at an angle) in melted white chocolate confectionery coating and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies (recipe to follow).
- Melt dark or white chocolate over hot water bath or melt in microwave on defrost mode.
- Pour hot water (or cream) over melted chocolate and whisk together until fully combined.
- Add 5g of Dreidoppel Creme de Menthe.*
- Allow to cool off and it will become thicker; transfer to a piping bag so you can pipe the filling onto the cookies. Place second cookie on top of filling to create a cookie sandwich.
- Dip filled cookie sandwiches (half way at an angle) in melted white chocolate confectionery coating and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies.