A melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookie gets sweeter with hints of peppermint and a glaze finish.
Peppermint Shortbread Thins
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 3 hr 0 min
- Servings 28
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 12 hard round peppermint candies, unwrapped
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1/4 teaspoon red paste food color

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In food processor, place peppermint candies. Cover; process until finely ground.
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Step2In large bowl, beat butter and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. On low speed, beat in ground candies, flour and salt just until blended. Shape dough into 8x2-inch log; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
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Step3Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. Unwrap dough; cut into 1/4-inch slices. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
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Step4Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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Step5In small bowl, mix remaining 1 cup powdered sugar, the milk and peppermint extract. Divide glaze in half. Tint half of glaze with red food color. Drizzle red and white glazes over cookies. Store loosely covered.
Nutrition
117
Calories
7g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
14g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 117
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 69mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 14g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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