Chocolate and peppermint swirl cookies

sister herb

Official TTI Chef
Ingredients
2 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter (no substitutions), softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract.

For the chocolate half

2 tablespoons coco

For the peppermint half
1 -2 teaspoons green food coloring
1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract

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Directions
  • In a bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
  • In the food process beat butter and sugar 1 minute or until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
  • Add egg and vanilla; beat until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour mixture just until blended, occasionally scraping down the sides.
  • Divide the dough in half adding the coco to one half (if you find the dough too dry add a tablespoon of milk). Add the green dye and peppermint extract to the other.
  • Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
  • Roll the chocolate dough into a rectangle on wax paper, do the same with the peppermint dough and try to make the two rectangles of similar size

  • Using the was paper place on rectangle on top of the other, peel off the wax paper and trim the sides

  • Using the wax paper to help, roll the dough rectangle starting with the long side

  • refrigerate for 15 minutes
  • Cut 1 cm slices and arrange them on a baking sheet
  • Bake on the lowest rack of a 180 C (375 F) oven for 5-8 minutes (you want the bottoms to become slightly golden but no more than that or you will lose the demarcation between the two colors)
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  • Place under the broiler until the tops are slightly golden
  • Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling wire rack
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sister herb

Official TTI Chef
Sorry, some of pictures has now some problem. Maybe server one. They exicts normaly in some other forums but not in here to everybody...

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