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Peppermint Mocha Smash Cookies

You need to smash these cookies to create a ruffled crispy edge. With Cooking and especially Baking there are a lot of rules, but these cookies don't follow the rules.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • ½ C Butter (1 Stick, Room Temp)
  • ¾ C Brown Sugar
  • 1 Splash Vanilla
  • 1 Tsp Peppermint Extract
  • ¾ C Cocoa Powder
  • 1 Tbsp Coffee Granules
  • 1 Pinch Salt
  • 1 Large Egg (Room Temp)
  • 1 C Flour
  • 1 Tsp Baking Soda
  • ½ - ¾ C Chocolate Chips (reserve some for sprinkling)
  • ½ C Crushed Candy Canes (reserve some for sprinkling)

Instructions
 

  • Cream together the Cocoa Powder, Butter, Brown Sugar, Vanilla, Peppermint Extra and Salt on Medium Speed until light and fluffy. Or, melt the Butter and mix the Cocoa Powder, Butter, Brown Sugar, Vanilla, Peppermint Extra and Salt in.
  • Beat in the Egg and Baking Soda until homogenous. Then, add in the Flour and Chocolate Chips and mix until just combined.
  • Preheat Oven at 350F. Using an ice cream scoop, Scoop the dough and sprinkle on some crushed Candy Canes. Sprinkle on some chocolate chips if wanted. They will melt and come puddles when smashed later on.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes, remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Flatten the cookies with the spoon and sprinkle on Chocolate Chips and Crush Candy Canes. You may need to wipe the spoon after every smash. For an even better look, let the sprinkled on Chocolate Chips melt a little then sprinkle on the Crushed Candy Canes so that it sticks on the Chocolate Chips.

Notes

Creaming the butter will make the cookies lighter, but melting the butter will make the cookies denser and chewier. Normally, creaming the butter is the usual technique, but don’t do so if you want to save time
Eggs and Baking Soda are added together to prevent the baking soda from prematurely activating due to the acidity of the Brown Sugar and Cocoa Powder. The Egg will further help loosen the batter and homogenize it.
Smashing the cookies will create ruffled edges that become crispy. You really don’t have to, it’s just for fun.
Recipe Adapted from Sally's Baking Addiction
Keyword Dessert, Easy, Flour, Make Ahead