For holiday time or anytime, you will love serving these soft chocolate cookies with vanilla cream filling and a rim of crushed, crunchy peppermint candies. These delights are particularly good refrigerated!
- 1 box Duncan Hines® Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large egg
- 1 can Duncan Hines® Vanilla Frosting
- 10 red and white peppermint candies, coarsely crushed
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray baking sheets with nonstick cooking-spray.
- In a large mixing bowl combine brownie mix, oil, water and eggs; stir with a fork to combine into a stiff dough. Dough will seem dry, but will completely moisten as you stir. (Knead briefly by hand, in the bowl, if preferred.)
- Working with 1 even tablespoon of dough at a time, roll dough into balls and place on baking sheets 2 inches apart.
- Bake at 350°F for 10-11 minutes or until edges are set. (Centers may appear slightly under-done.) Do not over bake. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Transfer to wire racks with a metal spatula and cool completely.
- Spread 1 heaping teaspoon of frosting on the flat bottoms of half of the cookies. Top each frosted cookie with another cookie, flat side toward the frosting. Gently press together.
- Place the crushed peppermint candies in a shallow plate or pie plate. Roll the sides of each cookie in the crushed peppermints so that the candy pieces stick to the frosting.
Variation:
- Also delicious with Duncan Hines Chocolate Frosting. You can leave the candies coarsely crushed for a big crunch, or crush finely for a more delicate coating. If you prefer an open-faced cookie, simply spread each baked cookie with frosting and sprinkle with crushed peppermints before serving.
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nonbaker (2 discussions) on Dec 9, 2011 at 02:08 PM
oops.. new to this .. forgot the rating so here it is
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nonbaker (2 discussions) on Dec 9, 2011 at 02:08 PM
add 2 tbsp of water. I also added 2 tsp of pepperment flavoring to the frosting and some red and green sprinkles to the crushed mints. They are pretty and taste great! A red or green M&M to the middle of the top cookie right from the oven make them even more dressed up!
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meadie (2 discussions) on Oct 19, 2010 at 04:40 AM
These look delicious! Can't wait to try them.
