Create easy drop cookies flavored and decorated to resemble popular peppermint candies.
Peppermint Candy Cookies
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 1 hr 55 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- About 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- About 1/4 cup red colored sugar
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, mix 3/4 cup sugar, the oil, baking powder, vanilla, salt, peppermint extract and eggs with spoon. Stir in flour.
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Step2Drop dough by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Press bottom of glass onto dough to grease, then dip into 1/4 cup granulated sugar; press on balls until 1/4 inch thick. Spoon red sugar on cookies, using very small spoon, in spiral design to look like peppermint candies. Or place red sugar in resealable food-storage plastic bag; snip off tiny corner. Squeeze red sugar from bag onto cookies.
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Step3Bake cookies 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition
65
Calories
3g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
9g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 65
- Calories from Fat
- 25
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 50mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 9g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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