Hot Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Hot Chocolate Peppermint Cookies takes roughly 25 minutes from beginning to end. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 163 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 42. This recipe from Taste of Home requires baking cocoa, baking soda, flour, and marshmallow creme. It works well as a very reasonably priced dessert. It will be a hit at your Christmas event.
Instructions
Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract.
Combine the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets.
Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until tops are cracked.
Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Melt chocolate chips in a microwave; stir until smooth. Drop a teaspoonful of marshmallow creme into the center of each cookie. Dip half of each cookie into melted chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Immediately sprinkle with candies.
Place on waxed paper and let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.
Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port Wine, Moscato Dasti
Cream Sherry, Port Wine, and Moscato d'Asti are my top picks for Dessert. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. One wine you could try is NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry. It has 5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 19 dollars.
NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry
Very aromatic with notes of hazelnut, vanilla, and a touch of oak followed by sweet raisins and a touch of yeast. Clean lasting finish. Good now but will reward those allow it to age"". A favorite pre-prandial beverage. Consider it with nuts before dinner as an aperitif, or after dinner with dessert, especially chocolates and fruit-based desserts. Also wonderful on cold afternoons, served with biscotti to dip in ""Italian-style"". "