Peppermint Spritz Cookies, a delightful holiday treat, are buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookies flavored with peppermint extract and topped with festive sprinkles. These bite-sized gems are perfect for Christmas cookie exchanges and holiday parties, adding a pop of color and minty freshness to your dessert table. Made with simple ingredients like butter, sugar, eggs, and flour, these cookies come together easily and can be customized with different colored sprinkles or even crushed candy canes for a festive touch. They are a great way to spread holiday cheer and indulge in a sweet treat that captures the essence of the season.
In addition to the classic Peppermint Spritz Cookies, the article also features two variations:
- **Chocolate Peppermint Spritz Cookies:** These cookies add a rich chocolate flavor to the classic recipe, creating a decadent treat that is sure to satisfy chocolate lovers.
- **Red Velvet Peppermint Spritz Cookies:** These vibrant cookies combine the classic flavors of red velvet cake and peppermint, making them a festive and eye-catching addition to your holiday baking repertoire.
PEPPERMINT-SPRITZ COOKIES
Peppermint extract gives these wreath cookies their fresh flavor. They're finished with a marbled red-and-white glaze, evoking the classic holiday candy cane.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Time 1h45m
Yield Makes 4 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Glaze: Whisk together confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth. Whisk in vanilla. Glaze can be stored at room temperature, with plastic wrap pressed directly on surface, up to 3 days; whisk before using. (Makes 2 cups.)
- Cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter with granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add yolk, flour, salt, peppermint extract, and milk; beat to combine.
- Fill a cookie press with dough and fit with a wreath disk. Press cookies directly onto unlined baking sheets. Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until just golden on edges, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer sheets to a wire rack; let cool completely.
- Working in batches, add a drop of food coloring to a small amount of glaze (about 1/4 cup); use a toothpick to swirl a tiny bit. Dip tops of cookies in glaze, then turn glaze-sides up and place on a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet to catch drips to set. (As you dip, colors will become more combined and no longer look like swirls; change to fresh glaze at this point.) For additional "swirls," dip a toothpick in red glaze and drizzle over cookies. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.
CHOCOLATE-PEPPERMINT SPRITZ
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 2h
Yield About 90 spritz cookies
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Make the cookies: Preheat the oven to 325˚. Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and egg until just combined. Reduce the mixer speed to medium low and beat in the flour mixture until just combined.
- Fit a cookie press with a wreath disk; fill with the dough according to the manufacturer's instructions. Press cookies 1 inch apart onto 2 unlined baking sheets.
- Bake the cookies, 1 pan at a time, until crisp and set around the edges, 18 to 22 minutes. Immediately remove the cookies to a rack using an offset spatula and let cool completely. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
- Once the cookies have cooled, make the icing: Combine the chocolate, heavy cream and butter in a medium heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let the bowl touch the water). Stir until melted and smooth, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove the bowl from the pan and stir in the peppermint extract; let cool 5 minutes.
- Transfer the icing to a resealable plastic bag, snip off a corner and drizzle over the cookies. Immediately sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Let set, about 30 minutes.
PEPPERMINT SPRITZ COOKIES
Crushed candy canes add a cheerful twist to these red and white swirled cookies.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 45 to 50 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Position oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
- Beat the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the almond and vanilla extracts and egg and mix until combined. Reduce the mixer speed to low, add the flour and salt and mix until just combined.
- Remove a third of the dough to a flour-dusted surface and reserve. Add the candy canes to the dough left in the bowl and mix on low until just combined. Remove to a flour-dusted surface and fold with your hands until it comes together.
- Add the reserved dough back to the mixer bowl and add enough red gel food coloring until it is a vibrant red like a fire truck, about 10 drops. Mix on low until the dough is completely red. Remove to a flour-dusted surface and fold with your hands until it comes together.
- Tear off 2 Ping-Pong ball-size pieces of the white dough and add to the barrel of a cookie press; add 1 marble-size piece of the red dough. Repeat this pattern until the barrel is filled (you will not use all of the dough). Place a wreath disc onto the cookie press barrel according to the manufacturer's instructions. Press the cookies onto an ungreased baking sheet and set aside. Repeat 2 more times in the same pattern with the remaining dough.
- Bake 2 of the batches until the cookies are firm but not yet browning on the bottom, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool the cookies for 1 minute on the baking sheets, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes. Bake the third batch and let cool. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
HOT CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT COOKIES
This is a variation of the cookies my mother made when I was growing up. Now my 13-year-old daughter and I bake them together. They're always a huge hit! The taste is like rich hot chocolate baked into a scrumptious cookie. -Larry Piklor, Johnsburg, Illinois
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield about 3-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 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., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 145 calories, Fat 7g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 18mg cholesterol, Sodium 132mg sodium, Carbohydrate 19g carbohydrate (12g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 2g protein.
PEPPERMINT SPRITZ COOKIES
This is the perfect spritz cookie for Christmas. A touch of peppermint flavor really gives this buttery cookie a holiday flair. The dough is perfect - the cookie really keeps its shape while cooking. Get creative... use different shapes and sizes from your cookie press and colorful sprinkles to add some flair to your cookies. A...
Provided by LaDale Hymer
Categories Cookies
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
- 2. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- 3. Add egg, milk, and extracts.
- 4. Add flour mixture; mix well.
- 5. Fill cookie press with dough and fit with disks.
- 6. Press cookies onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- 7. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
- 8. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack and cool completely.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients: The quality of your ingredients will greatly affect the taste of your cookies. Use fresh butter, eggs, and peppermint extract. Also, make sure your baking powder is fresh.
- Chill the dough before baking: Chilling the dough will help the cookies hold their shape and prevent them from spreading too much. You can chill the dough for at least 30 minutes, or up to overnight.
- Don't overmix the dough: Overmixing the dough will make the cookies tough. Mix the dough just until the ingredients are combined.
- Bake the cookies at the right temperature: The cookies should be baked at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. If you bake them at a higher temperature, they will brown too quickly and the inside will be undercooked. If you bake them at a lower temperature, they will take too long to bake and the edges will be overcooked.
- Let the cookies cool completely before serving: The cookies will be very fragile when they first come out of the oven. Let them cool on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes before serving.
Conclusion:
These soft peppermint spritz cookies are a delicious and festive treat that are perfect for any occasion. They are easy to make and can be decorated with a variety of toppings, such as sprinkles, nonpareils, or crushed candy canes. These cookies are sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them.
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