Peppermint & Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

230g (1 Cup) Smör mjukt (Butter Soft)

225g (1 ¼ Cup) Ljust Muscovado socker (Light Muscovado sugar)

170g (¾ Cup ) Strösocker (Granulated Sugar)

2 Stora Ägg (Large Eggs)

330g (2 Cups) Mjöl (Flour)

70g (¾ Cup) Cocoa Powder (Valhrona if you can get it.)

1 tsp Bakpulver (Baking Powder)

1 tsp Bikarbonat (Baking Soda)

1 tsp Vanilla

1 tsp Salt

150g Mörka Chokladknappar (Dark Chocolate Chips)

Decoration

3 Tbsp Krossade Polkagrisar (Crushed Candy Canes)

200g Mörk Blockchoklad (Dark Chocolate)

Sprinkles (as much as you want)

Set your oven for 175C or 350F

Cream the Butter and Sugars.

Mix the Flour, Cocoa Powder, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Vanilla and Salt in a bowl.

Into the Butter/Sugar mix in one Egg at a time.

Put in the dry stuff bit by bit and don’t overmix.

Mix in the Chocolate Chips.

Put the dough in fridge for 30 minutes to set

Make cookie balls (Golf Ball size). Flatten balls and bake them for 15 minutes.

Let the Cookies cool.

For decoration melt the 200g Dark Chocolate.

Brush it onto the cookies and sprinkle them with crushed Candy Canes & Sprinkles.

Perfect for a Christmas Party !!!