Orange makes its mark on these cookies in a delicious way, combining with chocolate in a decadent filling for minty cookie sandwiches. From Judith Campbell, Bake-Off® Monthly Challenge.
Peppermint Sandwich Cookies with Orange-Chocolate Filling
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 40 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 16
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup orange marmalade
- 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons orange extract
- 6 candy canes (6 inch) or 18 hard round peppermint candies
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper. In small microwavable bowl, mix marmalade, chocolate chips, powdered sugar and orange extract. Microwave uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until melted. Set aside.
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Step2Place candy in food-storage plastic bag. Seal bag; coarsely crush with rolling pin or meat mallet. Place candy in shallow dish.
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Step3Cut cookie dough into 1/2-inch slices; cut in half again. Roll each half slice of dough into ball. Press 1 side of each ball into crushed candy, flattening ball slightly to about 1 1/2 inches. Place flattened cookies, candy side up, on cookie sheet.
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Step4Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely.
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Step5Spread about 1 teaspoon chocolate mixture on bottom of 1 cookie; top with another cookie, bottom side down. Repeat with remaining cookies.
Nutrition
200
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
35g
Total Carbohydrate
26g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 200
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 11%
- Trans Fat
- 1 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 100mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 35g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 26g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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