Merry Winter Solstice and Red Velvet Peppermint-White Chocolate Thumbprints

These festive red velvet cookies are infused with a burst of peppermint flavor and white chocolate in their centers and will be the star of your holiday cookie tin.

 Merry Winter Solstice and four days until Christmas!

I’ve been enjoying some holiday baking and came across these

Red Velvet Peppermint Thumbprints while searching for a new Christmas cookie.

Red Velvet = Christmas and these festive red velvet cookies are infused

with a burst of peppermint flavor and white chocolate in their centers.

Red Velvet Peppermint-White Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Adapted from Taste of Home

Yield: About 3 1/2 dozen cookies

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 large egg

4 teaspoons red food coloring

1 teaspoon peppermint extract

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

3 tablespoons baking cocoa

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

12 oz. bag white chocolate morsels/baking chips

2 teaspoons canola oil

1/4 cup crushed peppermint candies

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Beat in egg, food coloring and extract. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa,

baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on parchment lined baking sheets.

Press a deep indentation with the back of a melon baller in center of each cookie

or with the end of a wooden spoon handle.

Bake 9-11 minutes or until set.  If cookies have risen too much after baking,

press lightly down on centers while cookies are warm.

Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

In a microwave, melt baking morsels/ chips with oil; stir until smooth.

Spoon a scant teaspoon filling into each cookie.

Drizzle tops with remaining mixture if desired.

Sprinkle with peppermint candies. Let stand until set.

Today is the Winter Solstice for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere,

the shortest day of the year, marking the beginning of winter.

Optional shortcut:

Save yourself some time on this shortest day of the year and busy holiday season

and place a Candy Cane Hersey Kiss after baking while cookies are warm from the oven.

You might also like:

Shortcut Red Velvet-Chocolate Chip Cookies

Print Recipe

Red Velvet Peppermint-White Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Festive red velvet cookies infused with a burst of peppermint flavor and white chocolate in their centers.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time9 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Christmas, cookies, peppermint, red velvet, white chocolate

Servings: 40 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 4 teaspoons red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 12 oz. bag white chocolate morsels/ baking chips
• 2 teaspoons canola oil
• 1/4 cup crushed peppermint candies

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, food coloring and extract.
• In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture.
• Shape dough into 1-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on parchment lined baking sheets. Press a deep indentation with the back of a melon baller in center of each or with the end of a wooden spoon handle.
• Bake 9-11 minutes or until set. (If cookies have risen too much after baking, press lightly down on centers while cookies are still warm.) Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• In a microwave, melt baking chips with oil; stir until smooth. Spoon a scant teaspoon filling into each cookie. Drizzle tops with remaining mixture. Sprinkle with peppermint candies. Let stand until set.

Notes

Use a shortcut by placing Candy Cane Hersey Kiss in indention after baking while cookies are warm.

The good news for those who dread winter, is that beginning today, the

 days start getting longer and the sunsets and sunrises are more vivid due to the dry,

clean Canadian air that sweeps down in winter.

Find 20+ recipes to bake your spirits bright and make your holidays extra sweet, HERE.

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