We are so ready to make cookies for Santa, Mom!
In general we don't eat very much sugar around here. So, the thought of making a ton of cookies that would at first induce a sugar high followed by sugar coma followed by cranky sugar crash, followed by eventually throwing them away just didn't appeal to me. So, what to do? I still want my kids to remember making cookies with me! I wanted something without frosting, but who wants to eat a sugar cookie without frosting? What other cookie can you cut into fun shapes? Finally I settled on my favorite Christmas cookie: Peppermint-chocolate pinwheels.
It starts with a basic sugar cookie recipe. Then you divide it in half.
With the second half you add 3 oz melted baker's chocolate and 1 teaspoon vanilla, and again, mix with your hands.
To the first half you add 1 cup of crushed candy canes, 1 teaspoon peppermint oil and 1 egg yolk. Using your hands, mix to combine thoroughly.
With the second half you add 3 oz melted baker's chocolate and 1 teaspoon vanilla, and again, mix with your hands.
After you refrigerate for 10 minutes roll each dough out and layer. Then refrigerate for an additional 2 hours.
Once the dough is firm you cut out just like regular sugar cookies - only with a little more "firmness." You have to get through the candy cane layer, so make sure they are fairly well crushed. Then transfer to a cookie sheet.
With the remaining dough you can't really make another batch of cut outs, they just won't be pretty. And you can't have that!
So, I sort of mushed all the remains together and then rolled into a pinwheel log and cut them into 1/2 inch pieces.
Santa approved cookies! Happy kids!!!
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