{"id":11362,"date":"2023-11-09T13:03:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=11362"},"modified":"2023-11-13T09:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:38:08","slug":"mini-peppermint-thumbprint-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/mini-peppermint-thumbprint-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Peppermint Thumbprint Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/MiniPeppermintThumbprintCookies.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Peppermint Thumbprint Cookies\" \/><br><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/mini-peppermint-thumbprint-cookies\/emailpopup\/\" onclick=\"email_popup(this.href); return false;\"  title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Mini Peppermint Thumbprint Cookies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 15 minutes plus freezing and cooling<br \/>\nBake: 10 minutes \u2022 Serves: 25<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>1-1\/4 <\/span>cups <strong>PICS all-purpose flour<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>tablespoon <strong>PICS cornstarch<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup <strong>PICS unsalted butter<\/strong>, softened<br \/>\n<span>1\/4 <\/span>cup <strong>PICS granulated sugar<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>tablespoons packed <strong>PICS light brown sugar<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span><strong>PICS large egg yolks<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>teaspoon <strong>PICS vanilla extract<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon red food coloring<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup <strong>PICS semisweet chocolate baking chips<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon <strong>PICS vegetable oil<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>tablespoons finely crushed <strong>PICS starlight mints<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span> Adjust 2 oven racks to top and bottom positions; preheat oven to 350\u00b0. Line 2 rimmed baking pans with parchment paper. In medium bowl, whisk flour and cornstarch.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span> In large bowl, with mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugars 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks and vanilla extract; beat 1 minute or until incorporated. Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture and beat 1 minute or until incorporated, scraping down bowl occasionally. Remove half the dough; add red food coloring to bowl and beat 1 minute or until incorporated.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span> Combining a small piece of plain dough and a small piece of red dough, roll into 25 (1-inch) balls; place 2 inches apart on prepared pans. Press thumb into center of each ball to make indentation, making sure not to press all the way through; freeze 15 minutes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>4.<\/span> Bake cookies 10 minutes or until bottoms are slightly browned, rotating pans halfway through baking; cool 10 minutes on pans, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>5.<\/span> In small microwave-safe bowl, heat chocolate chips and oil in microwave oven on high 1 minute or until melted, stirring every 20 seconds. Spoon chocolate mixture into indentations in cookies; sprinkle with mints. Makes 25 cookies.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1 cookie):<br \/>\n98 Calories, 6g Fat (4g Saturated), 27mg Cholesterol, 1mg Sodium,<br \/>\n11g Carbohydrates, 1g Fiber, 5g Sugars, 5g Added Sugars, 1g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Chef Tip:<\/span><br \/>\nIf indentations in cookies rise too much during baking, gently press back down with back of measuring teaspoon while cookies are still warm.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mini Peppermint Thumbprint Cookies Prep: 15 minutes plus freezing and cooling Bake: 10 minutes \u2022 Serves: 25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-11362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts","category-recipes","tag-23hol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11362"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11474,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11362\/revisions\/11474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}