Published: | Modified: | Author: Amanda Livesay
Red Velvet Peppermint Thumbprints will be Santa’s new favorite cookie! Red velvet peppermint dough filled and drizzled with white chocolate!
Thumbprints cookies are so fun for the holidays! Some of my other favorites are Pistachio Thumbprint Cookies and Salted Caramel Chocolate Thumbprints!
Happy almost weekend guys! How cute and festive are these Red Velvet Peppermint Thumbprints?!
I am obsessed.
Okay, so do you do the Elf thing? You know, the one on the shelf?
The one that causes all sorts of trouble after the kids go sleep?
I am already over it. This is, like, year 4 for me and I am out of ideas. I reused one of last year’s ideas for day 1, threw him on the husband’s drums and muttered something about him being loud when the kids found him on day 2, and then reused another idea today.
So then I check Pinterest and these people have crafted some sort of basket for their elf and he’s hanging from balloons in the middle of their living room and I’m like, DO YOU HAVE A HELIUM TANK IN YOUR HOUSE?! Did you really leave your houseafter your kids were asleep just to have balloons filled? Do you notvalue your precious TV time after the kids are in bed?!
Help me. Give me ideas.
Ingredients
- Unsalted butter
- Sugar
- Egg
- Red food coloring
- Peppermint extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking cocoa
- Baking powder
- Salt
- White chocolate chips
Instructions
- Prepare. Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine wet ingredients. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, red food coloring and peppermint extract.
- Combine dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into the butter mixture.
- Shape cookies. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets and use a round teaspoon to make a deep indention in each ball.
- Bake and cool. Bake 9-11 minutes or until set. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- Fill cookies. In a microwave, heat white chocolate chips in 30 second intervals, stirring after each one, until melted and smooth. Spoon a teaspoon of filling into each cookie.
- Drizzle and serve! Drizzle tops with remaining mixture. Let stand until set.
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Yield: 48 cookies
Red Velvet Peppermint Thumbprints
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time11 minutes
Total Time31 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 4 teaspoons red food coloring
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, red food coloring and peppermint extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into the butter mixture.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets and use a round teaspoon to make a deep indention in each ball.
- Bake 9-11 minutes or until set. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a microwave, heat white chocolate chips in 30 second intervals, stirring after each one, until melted and smooth. Spoon a teaspoon of filling into each cookie. Drizzle tops with remaining mixture. Let stand until set.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
48Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 115Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 30mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 0gSugar: 8gProtein: 1g
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Comments
nicole @ I am a Honey Bee says
Thumbprint cookies are just so cute! and irresistible!
Love the flavor combo!Reply
amanda says
I will never understand all the hatred for him! I think mine’s going to switch all the boys’ closets around tonight. Because why not make more of a mess for me tomorrow? I just can’t stop.
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amy {Very Culinary} says
Omg, Amanda. I have such a love/hate thing with our Elf. This is our 7th year, and I ran out of ideas 6 years ago. He just seems to circulate around the house, in the exact same spots. I’m so boring. But I’m just not willing to have him get into the flour or squirt the tooth paste all over. Because I’M the one who has to clean it!! You feel me. But at the same time, the kids love him, and get such a kick out of finding him each morning. I’m tired of everyone calling him creepy. It’s fun…but annoying. HA. Give me all the thumbprints!
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Roxana says
What a clever idea, Amanda! I love thumbprints and red velvet, so these are right up my alley! Can’t wait to make these!
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Medha @ Whisk & Shout says
Red velvet and peppermint sound amazing together! Such cool flavors :)
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Jenn Peas and Crayons says
SUCH a cute christmas cookie! I’m obsessed with all things peppermint basically year round!
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