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Holiday Gifts Baked with Love (Family Features) Nothing says "love" like fresh baked cookies and treats. This holiday season, give the gift of homemade goodness...and enjoy the time you save on shopping by spending it with your loved ones. Make it a Family "Bake"tivity Get the whole family together and create a makeshift Santa's Workshop. Have one person measure all of the ingredients, another can mix everything together, and everyone can have fun decorating to favorite holiday tunes.
powder, mixing until all is incorporated. Fold in remaining 2 cups chocolate morsels. SCOOP dough onto prepared baking sheet, spacing 2 inches apart, using a medium size cookie scoop. Sprinkle each cookie with a little of the crushed peppermint candies. BAKE for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set. Allow to cool for about 2 minutes on baking sheet and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Source: Nestlè
Refresh Holiday Favorites Chocolate chip and gingerbread cookies are classics, but these Peppermint Mocha Chip Cookies might become a fast new favorite. Notes of crisp peppermint perfectly complement the flavors of coffee and semisweet chocolate morsels. Add a crushed peppermint to each cookie to create a beautiful and seasonal presentation. For more holiday recipe ideas, visit www.meals.com. Peppermint Mocha Chip Cookies (Makes 36 cookies) • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened • 3 cups Nestlè Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, divided • 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar • 3 teas. Nescafè Taster's Choice House Blend 100% Pure Instant Coffee Granules • 2 teas. vanilla extract • 1 teas. peppermint extract • 3 large eggs • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour • 2 teas. baking powder • 12 soft peppermint candies, crushed PREHEAT oven to 3750F. Grease or line baking sheet with parchment paper. MELT butter and 1 cup chocolate morsels in medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. TRANSFER chocolate mixture into a large mixer bowl; add sugar and beat until combined. Add coffee granules, vanilla extract and peppermint extract; beat just until combined. Beat in eggs. Add flour and baking
Create a Gift that Keeps Giving Layer the dry ingredients of your favorite cookie recipe in glass jars. Attach copies of the recipe to the jars with bright ribbon bows and voilà, you've created thoughtful gifts and cheery holiday kitchen dècor.
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