Tis the season for fuzzy scarves, knee-high boots, hot chocolate… and cookies! I absolutely love this time of year and all of the delicious sweets that we can indulge in! The closer we get to the holidays the more cookies it seems I am baking – whether I am participating in a cookie swap with my moms’ group, baking up treats for a bake sale for the kids’ school, or even putting together beautiful sweet treat baskets for my friends and co-workers. No matter what, everyone loves unwrapping delicious homemade cookies, which is why I am absolutely loving this Cookie recipe.
The base is a simple and delicious cookie recipe that you can stir in 1-2 cups of your favorite mix-ins to make it perfectly, uniquely yours!
As you know, we made a batch a few weeks ago with butterscotch and chocolate chips mixed in – and they turned out absolutely delicious! So delicious in fact that I had to make a second batch… since my family pretty much demolished the first batch.
For our second batch of cookies, we used chopped up peppermint candy drops for the mix-ins. I have to say, these cookies are AMAZING!
Peppermint Candy Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
30 peppermint candy drops, chopped into large pieces
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375°. Mix butter, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, egg, egg yolk and vanilla in large bowl until well mixed. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda until blended. (Dough will be soft and creamy.) Add the peppermint candy drops until every spoonful of dough has some of the delicious mix-ins or choose from the variations below.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls on ungreased baking sheets 3-inches apart.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes until edges are lightly golden. Cool 1 minute on wire rack; remove from sheets to cool completely.
* Wait several minutes for the cookies to cool, then add a whole Peppermint Candy Drop on top of each cookie.
There are so many great reasons to make cookies over the holidays; you’ll have a ball choosing special mix-ins for your friends and family. This is the perfect recipe to keep on hand for all of your baking needs this holiday season because you can make dozens of different types of cookies from the same recipe. This cookie recipe is the only cookie recipe you will ever need!
These cookies look delicious. Perfect for next year’s baking exchange!
Ahhh, those look so yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe. 🙂
I’ll try to make perfect cookies like yours
Thanks!!! These look really yummy!
MMMMM… I have been looking for a new cookie recipe to try! These Peppermint Cookies look delish! Thanks!
These cookies look so good – I love anything with peppermint in it.
Yum!
Karen
Peppermint is my lifeeeeeee <3
Do the peppermint candies soften up?
These look delicious thanksfor sharing
What a great recipe! I love peppermint kisses! I never thought to combine them! I will try this for sure!
Them cookies look bomb!!! Going in my recipe box!
These cookies look delicious. I’m going to save this recipe so we can make them anytime. Thanks
I have never heard of this recipe before but these cookies are so pretty and they sound delish.
These looking really yummy. I am always looking out for peppermint recipes to try this tinme of year.
I love peppermint but only around Christmas
These look so yummy…and so easy 🙂
I love this mix up on such a classic holiday cookie! Will have to try this!
New cookie recipes are fun to try at this time of year. We never know if we will find a new family favorite!
This recipe looks promising, but I think that, if served to children, the kids might take the whole Peppermint Candy Drop on top off of the cookie and eat the rest of the cookie without it
I love peppermint and I use Country Crock. I would love to try and make these. They look and sound yummy!
This recipe looks really easy and my kiddos love peppermint flavor! Will give it a try! Thanks for the recipe!
These cookies loo delicious and easy to make. I’m definitely going to make these and the Stacked Flower Cookies, along with several others on your Pinterest site.
These look delicious and like a great cookie recipe to try next year for the holidays!
These cookies look soooo delicious, and just about perfect to bring the office. I’m also going to share it with my little sister because I know she’ll love it. Thank you for sharing!
These cookies look yummy.
These cookies look so pretty, as well as delicious. I will have to convince my family that chocolate chip is the not the only type of cookie!
Saving them to my sweets pinterest board 🙂 I need to make them i love peppermint
These look delicious! I always make the peanut butter blossoms but these I’ll have to try!
I wish I possessed the baking ability, i would definitely attenpt this, but only our yorkie will eat my cooking.
I’ve oinned the recipe. I love having a basic recipe I can change up. I’d like to make some chocolate chip with orange peel.
Mouthwatering.
I love baking. I will try to make these delicious cookies.
I’ve used this recipe every year it’s my favorite
I love peppermint! A local market sells mocha peppermint cookies and they are to die for!
this is a recipe my family would enjoy. too bad I didn’t see this before Christmas. I think peppermint is an all year flavor for us anyway. I like the whole kiss on top. Maybe I can just use chocolate since the mint ones are most likely seasonal
So delicious!!! I really wanna try this at home
(EASY PEPPERMINT CHRISTMAS COOKIES – RECIPE) These holiday cookies to sound really good, I love mint everything too. I made three kinds of Christmas cookies and fudge too!
I am for sure going to have to try these, thanks.
I do wonder where is best place to buy the peppermint drops the yummy recipe!
I think I’d prefer these with dark chocolate Hershey Kisses.
They look delicious
We are huge peppermint fans in my home! Not only do these look great, but they would go quickly on my dessert table!
they sound good for my family, I don’t like peppermint in cookies
These cookies look so good and I think I will make some for Valentine’s Day!
We always make cookies for Santa and my kids love it!
You had me at peppermint. I wish there were more peppermint recipes for year round consumption.
These would be perfect for my daughter’s Valentine’s day party at school.
They look delicious. I will make them even though the holidays are over because I’m a rebel. lol
These cookies look YUMMO!!! Thank you for sharing this recipe
These look so yummy! We enjoy peppermint year round so we’ll have to give these a try the next time we bake!
These cookies look amazing! I’ve made similar cookies with a chocolate cookie base which are also a delicious alternative!
these look festive
I like peppermint cookies!
These look bright and festive and delicious! I’m going to make them now, since it is still winter!
They are really festive and sure to be a hit with guests
THIS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR GIFTS!
These look so good! I’ll have to try making them.
These sound delicious and look perfect for the season. I am definitely going to try them especially since they use the peppermint kisses. I love them.
I love peppermint in cookies and can eat peppermint candy canes all the time. I am going to make this delicious recipe for the Holidays. Thanks for sharing.
The kisses at my daughters favorite holiday candy. I will have to make these cookies.
I like these cookies. I love peppermint.
I haven’t seen those peppermint candy drops before – I’ll have to look for them.
I like that these are easy to make. I haven’t had peppermint cookies in so long. This recipe just inspired me to make them this holiday for my family. Yum!
These are so festive and perfect for the season.
I didn’t even know hershey kisses had some peppermint variety like that. I love how they are chopped into the cookie mix and on top.
I love peppermint this time of year. It makes everything taste like Christmas!!
Oh yum! We do a family cookie bake every year, this would be so fun to make this year for one of mine! I love the minty candy cane flavor for Christmas cookies!
Thank you for this great recipe – looks so delicious.
My family will love these because we are big peppermint fans! Thanks for sharing!
Oh, I love peppermint. It’s the flavor that just screams Christmas to me. These cookies sound perfect.
This looks like an awesome peppermint cookie.
I love adding peppermint to cookies and baked goods . These cookies look and sound amazing. I love the taste of peppermint along side a cup of cocoa or coffee. It’s good for colds too (OK thats what I claim so I can eat more)
These look so good. I have a upcoming party I may make these for. Thanks!
These cookies look so pretty and sound so delicious. I like to see that you used chopped up drops in the recipe instead of the traditional crushed hard candy. I bet it makes for a milder peppermint flavor.
Family will go over the top for these cookies, I see me baking soon.
These sound delicious!! Nothing says Christmas time like a peppermint cookie!
Santa always leaves a bag of these sweet treats in my stocking. I’m definitely going to try out this recipe. My mouth is watering just looking at these appetizing cookies.
These do look easy and they are super cute too
These looks great but as a certified chocoholic I’d throw in some dark chocolate too 🙂
I want to make these for Christmas!
This looks amazing and super easy!
I like peppermint cookies. These are so colorful.
These easy Peppermint Christmas Cookies look absolutely delightful. However, I have never seen the peppermint candy drops like this before in stores where I live.
The Peppermint Candy Cookies look delicious. I would probably add in chocolate chips to the mix as I love chocolate peppermint bark.
These sound yummy! I love peppermint.
These look great!
Looks amazing. I can’t wait to make this..Thanks
I love peppermint and will have to try the recipe
These cookies look wonderful.
We always have a cookie exchange at my work, and I’m always so intimidated. This will be a sure hit, thank you for sharing!
This is a cute and delicious cookie.
Anything peppermint says “holiday” to me. Thanks for the recipe.
The Easy Peppermint Christmas Cookies recipe looks astounding. I cannot wait to taste your special recipe. I thank you so much for the directions on this delicious treat.
I pinned these so I would remember to make them next year! They look so good!
I love the Peppermints so easy and colorful to use. Cookies, topping and just eating.
These cookies look yummy and so easy to make.
These cookies look and sound amazing and I can’t wait to make them for my family I am sure they will love them
These are really cute. I have never seen the striped kisses.
These look delicious! I love the festive looking colors too!
Gonna have to make this as a late Christmas present for myself
These sound delicious and look so festive. They would be perfect for any holiday event.
I made these at Christmas. they were a big hit
These cookies look delicious.