Holiday Star Sugar Cookies With Crushed Peppermint Center
We have been baking together as a family during the Holidays and when we find a recipe that is tasty and fun to make together I find myself wanting to share the recipe with you! Our cookies aren't perfect but enlisting the help of little hands make them perfect in our eyes! These festive, crisp and flavorful sugar cookies are cut out then filled with crushed candy canes and baked. A delicious crisp cookie to add to a cookie tray, cookie exchange, for Santa's arrival or to even hang on the Christmas Tree!
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| Holiday Star Cookies With Crushed Peppermint Center |
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| Holiday Star Sugar Cookies With Crushed Peppermint Centers |
Ingredients You Will Need For Holiday Star Sugar Cookies
- Powdered Sugar
- Butter
- Vanilla
- Almond Extract
- 1-egg
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Cream of Tarter
- 1 Package of Peppermint Candy Canes or Peppermints
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| Ingredients for Making Holiday Star Sugar Cookies |
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| How To Crush The Candies |
How To Crush Peppermint Candies To Make Star Cookies
- Put unwrapped candies in a plastic zip-top bag and seal it.
- Place that bag in another plastic bag and seal it.
- Wrap the bags in a dishtowel and place them on a cutting board.
- Using a mallet or hammer break the candies into small pieces.
How To Make The Sugar Cookie Dough For Holiday Star Cookies
- Heat oven to 375 Degrees.
- Beat powdered sugar and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed.
- Stir in vanilla, almond extract and egg.
- Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tarter.
- Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
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- Cut chilled dough into thirds.
- Leave one portion out for making cookies, leave the remaining two in fridge.
- Roll dough out to 1/8 inch thick on lightly covered surface.
- Cut into large star shape, as many as possible. (3.5-4 inch)
- Cut center out of large star with smaller star cookie cutter (1.5 inch)
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| Star Cookies |
- Bake cut-out star cookies for 4 minutes.
- Let cool for 7 -10 minutes.
- Carefully put crushed candy pieces inside each star.
- Make certain to fill in the tips of the stars using a toothpick.
- Place cookies back in oven and cook just until candy is melted (5-7 minutes)
- Fill centers of large stars with crushed peppermint.
- Place cookies about 2 inches apart on parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake another 4-7 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack
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| Holiday Star Sugar Cookies With Crushed Peppermint |
Holiday Star Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tarter
- Oven preheated to 375 degrees
- Bake 7-8 minutes total time
Instructions
- Beat powdered sugar and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium high speed.
- Stir in vanilla, almond extract and egg.
- Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tarter.
- Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Roll out one third of the dough at a time to 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured surface.
- Cut into star shapes using a large star cookie cutter (3.5 inches-4 inches)
- Cut inside of large star using a small star cookie cutter measuring (1.5 inches)
- Bake cut-out star cookies for 4 minutes.
- Let cool for 7 -10 minutes.
- Carefully put crushed candy pieces inside each star.
- Make certain to fill in the tips of the stars using a toothpick.
- Place cookies back in oven and cook just until candy is melted (5-7 minutes)
- Be careful not to overbake.
- Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack
Nutrition Facts
Calories
1132.18Fat (grams)
49.66Sat. Fat (grams)
30.14Carbs (grams)
161.32Fiber (grams)
9.39Net carbs
151.93Sugar (grams)
53.96Protein (grams)
16.84Sodium (milligrams)
1076.22Cholesterol (grams)
168.51The writers and publishers of AtHomewithjemma and the recipes on this website are not nutritionists or dieticians. This information is provided as a courtesy and is not guaranteed to be accurate. This nutritional information is a result of online calculators. Although athomewithjemma attempts to provide accurate nutritional information. To obtain the most accurate representation of the nutritional information in any given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients you use in your recipe, using your preferred nutrition calculator. You are solely responsible for ensuring that any nutritional information provided is accurate.
Your sugar peppermint cookies look scrumptious, Jemma. I love anything peppermint at Christmastime. I just bought some peppermint hot cocoa, and it was so good. I gave a few tins for presents as well. I'm loving this photo of your granddaughter and her sweet smile. These peppermint sugar cookies would be a wonderful Christmas gift for family and friends. There's something so dear about seeing little hands being creative and baking during the holidays.
ReplyDelete~Sheri
Hello Sheri,
DeleteIsn't peppermint just so lovely. I have become obsessed this year with the flavor and scent of peppermint. I even put a candy cane in my hot tea!
I agree with you little hands touch us grandmother's hearts in a big way.