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You’re going to love these Frosted Peppermint Sugar Cookies. It’s a version of my mom’s tried and true sugar cookies, with a peppermint twist that’s perfect for the Christmas season.
If you love peppermint, feel free to make this recipe along with my Peppermint Meltaways and these Double Peppermint Crunch cookies and tell me which is your favorite.
a new twist – peppermint cookies
My Mom is famous for a lot of things. One of them being, sugar cookies, which are out of this world! They are thick, and soft, and amazing!
We love finding new sugar cookie recipes to see how they stand up to her old-fashioned ones. Today’s tried and true recipe measured up quite nicely and mostly because we modified our go-to sugar cookies with a little bit of a holiday twist – PEPPERMINT!!
These peppermint sugar cookies were a big hit with the entire family! We had a feeling they would be because they’re just a tad different from our other sugar cookies but with a little Christmas inside (and on top)
My favorite part was the crushed candy canes on top. We even went one step further and put peppermint extract in the cookie dough. Sooo good!
How to make Peppermint Cookies
Making delicious sugar cookies is easier than you think. To make these peppermint cookies, begin by creaming the butter, cream cheese, egg and sugar. Add in the almond and peppermint extract and beat until fluffy.
In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, and salt. Add this mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until soft dough forms.
Making sure not to handle the dough too much, roll out and cut with a your cookie cutters. We think the perfect thickness is about 3/8 inches thick. 😉 If you want a more crunch cookie, you can roll out the dough thinner.
Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. While the cookies are baking, make your frosting.
Peppermint Frosting
We modified our classic sugar cookie frosting to make a peppermint version. To do this, we added a bit of peppermint flavoring/extract, food coloring and crushed candy canes.
To make the peppermint cookie frosting is very simple. Just cream together butter, powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, peppermint and food coloring.
When the cookies are cool, frost your cookies and top with crushed candy cane bits.
In case you aren’t a fan of candy cane pieces, you can also use sprinkles or crushed peppermint Andes.
How to store Peppermint Cookies? Just place in a air-tight container and keep on your counter for up to 4-5 days. Be sure to let the frosting set before doing this to make sure the cookies don’t stick together.
Friends, Christmas is just around the corner. These peppermint cookies will be perfect for your office party, or as a sweet holiday gift for your neighbor. Make them! Everyone will love you for it. Promise. 😉
more great Christmas cookies
- Christmas Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Christmas Cookies
- Gingersnap Cookies
- Eggnog Snickerdoodles
- Peppermint Crunch Cookies
- Snowball Cookies
Peppermint Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie
- ¾ cups butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Frosting
- ⅓ cup butter, softened
- 4½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon peppermint flavor
- crushed candy canes
- food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and lightly grease a cookie sheet.
- In a large bowl (or kitchen aid), cream butter, cream cheese, egg, powdered sugar, almond extract, and peppermint extract, until fluffy.
- In a separate smaller bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir until soft dough forms.
- Taking care not to handle the dough too much, roll out the dough to ⅜ inches thick and cut with a cookie cutter.
- Place on a greased pan, and bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool.
- While baking, mix butter, powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract, and peppermint extract with a hand mixer. Slowly add more milk if the frosting is too thick.
- Frost cooled cookies and, if desired, sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Enjoy!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
these are the most adorable and tasty little cookies! thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe!
My kids loved helping with these! Thanks for the recipe!