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Peppermint Butter Shortbread Cookies

Kendallraye Williams
Melt-In-Your-Mouth.....absolute Heaven! These cookies are buttery soft with the perfect amount of peppermint!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 45 cookies

Equipment

  • Stand Mixer
  • Large Mixing Bowl
  • Baking Sheets

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cups Confectioners' Sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups Butter Salted; At Room Temperature
  • 1 Egg Large
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons Peppermint Extract
  • 3 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 45 Hershey's Candy Cane Kisses Unwrapped

Instructions
 

  • Unwrap Hershey's Candy Cane Kisses.
  • Preheat of to 350°F.
  • Using a stand mixer (with a paddle attachment), beat the butter, extracts, egg and confectioners' sugar until the mixture is fluffy.
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, salt and baking powder until combined.
  • Slowly add the dry ingredients to the stand mixer 1/2 cup at a time (on low speed) to prevent a flour bomb in your face.
  • Shape dough in your palms into 1-inch balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
  • Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven; cool for 2 minutes. Add one candy cane kiss per cookie and transfer to cooling rack. The kisses will melt into the cookie. Allow for the cookies to cool completely, store in an airtight container.
Keyword Baking, Christmas, Cookies, Peppermint, Shortbread