Pay tribute to friends and family who are breast cancer survivors with these yummy Pink-Ribbon Chocolate-Mint Cookies.
Pink-Ribbon Chocolate-Mint Cookies
2014-09-26 01:06:40
Yield: approximately 30 cookies • Preparation: 30 minutes • Refrigerate: 1 hour • Bake: 7 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 16 ounces dark chocolate
- Peppermint oil
- 8 ounces white chocolate
- Pink food-coloring paste
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine sugar and butter. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, approximately 4 minutes. Add egg and vanilla, beating well. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt, stirring well. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating to combine. Shape into a thick disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Divide dough in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll a dough portion to ⅛-inch thickness. Using a small ribbon cookie cutter*, cut cookies from dough, rerolling scraps only once. Place cookies 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for approximately 7 minutes. Let cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a medium microwave-safe bowl, melt dark chocolate in microwave oven at 30-second intervals. Add a few drops of peppermint oil, stirring to combine. Dip cookies in chocolate, and place on wire racks to dry.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt white chocolate in microwave oven at 30-second intervals.
- Add food-coloring paste to melted white chocolate until desired shade of pink is reached.
- Transfer tinted white chocolate to a small pastry bag fitted with a small round tip. Pipe a pink ribbon onto each cookie. Let dry.
Notes
- *Ribbon cookie cutters can be found at pinkribbonshop.com
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