Holiday Mini Mint Cookie Cups

Name: Holiday Mini Mint Cookie Cups
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 355 milliliters butter, softened; 1 pouch Betty chocolate chunk cookie mix; 1 egg; 24 hard round peppermint candies, unwrapped; 1 teaspoon peppermint extract; 2 liters powdered sugar; 24 servings Red and green food color

Holiday Mini Mint Cookie Cups requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 24. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 14g of fat, and com. If you have peppermint extract, food color, egg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Generously grease 24 mini muffin cups with shortening or cooking spray. Generously sprinkle with unsweetened cocoa powder or flour; tap off any excess.

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Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

Cooking Spray

Shortening

All Purpose Flour

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Muffin Liners

Oven

In medium bowl, stir together cookie mix, 1/2 cup of the butter and the egg until dough forms.

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Cookie Mix

Butter

Dough

Egg

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Bowl

Roll dough into 1-inch balls; place each ball in mini muffin cup.

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Dough

Roll

Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until set.

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Oven

Remove muffin pan from oven. With rounded handle of wooden rolling pin, press small indentation into each cookie to form cup. Cool completely before removing from muffin cups.

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Muffin Liners

Rolling Pin

Muffin Tray

Oven

Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat powdered sugar, remaining 1 cup butter and the peppermint extract with electric mixer on medium-high speed until well combined.

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Peppermint Extract

Powdered Sugar

Butter

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Place half of frosting in each of 2 separate bowls; tint 1 red and other green with food color. Spoon each frosting into separate disposable plastic decorating bag. Pinch tip of each bag together; snip about 1 inch up. Slide both bags into third decorating bag fitted with large star tip.

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Food Color