Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies
Recipe by Catherine Pla, adapted from Heather Mubarak
Yield: 12-14 large cookies
Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies
The original recipe I’ve adapted is from Heather Mubarak. These are crazy decadent, soft and chewy and full of peppermint flavor. Be sure to have your ingredients measured out, oven preheated, and sheet pans ready, so that cookies can be baked as soon as mixed to get that beautiful shiny, cracked top.
1 1⁄4 c (240 g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips 1⁄2 c (113 g) unsalted butter, cut into dice
3⁄4 c (95 g) all-purpose flour
1⁄4 c (30 g) Dutch process cocoa powder, sifted
1 t baking powder
1⁄2 t kosher salt
2 eggs, room temperature
2⁄3 c (133 g) granulated sugar
1⁄2 c (100 g) light brown sugar
3⁄4 t peppermint extract
1 t vanilla bean paste, or extract
1 c dark peppermint bark, broken into chunks
Preheat the oven to 350. Line 2 sheet pans with parchment.
Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl and stir to combine. Set aside.
Carefully melt the chocolate and butter together in the microwave in 20 second intervals, stirring in between, until mixture is melted and smooth. Set aside to cool slightly.
Using a stand mixer with the whisk attachment (or use a hand mixer on high), beat eggs, sugars, peppermint extract, and vanilla together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Reduce speed to low and add the chocolate mixture. Mix on low until blended. Add dry ingredients and fold in lightly by hand until just combined.
Scoop large balls of dough (I use an ice cream scoop) onto the sheet pan. You should have 12-14 cookies. Place 6-7 cookies on each sheet pan about 2” apart as they will spread. Bake for 9-10 minutes, until the tops are cracked and shiny and edges are set. Err on the side of under-baking so cookies remain soft and brownie-like in the center rather than crispy. Remove sheet pans from the oven and top each cookie with chunks of peppermint bark. Transfer sheet pan to a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes, then remove cookies to a cooling rack to further cool.