Happy National Cookie Day! It’s the last celebration of the year with my food holiday bloggers and man has it been a great year! Truth be told, I actually made these peppermint cookies last year for a blogger cookie exchange I went to – I photographed them and everything but never got around to actually posting them until now. They are a variation of my Lemon Swig Style Sugar Cookies and Lime Swig Style Sugar Cookies. Since the photos were a bit outdated (and not great honestly) I decided to remake and reshoot them for this special collaboration. I’m so glad that I did… they turned out wonderful (the cookies and the photos IMO). In fact, the cookies were so good that I immediately had to offload them onto someone… anyone outside of my house. Thankfully I’ve got friends and coworkers who will gladly take treats and goodies off my hands!
I love that every day of the year is a food holiday and I’ve really loved celebrating with my talented fellow friends. If you’ve missed previous posts – be sure to check them all out: Three Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Fondue (January/National Peanut Butter Day), Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli (February/National Soup Day), Pecan Hand Pies (March/National Pi Day), Baked Coffee Cake Doughnuts (April/National Coffee Cake Day), Strawberries & Cream Oatmeal (May/National Strawberries & Cream Day), Copycat Blue Star Lemon Poppy Buttermilk Donuts (June/National Doughnut Day), Coconut Almond Bar (July/National Ice Cream Day), S’mores French Macarons (August/National S’mores Day), Chocolate Covered Strawberry Dutch Baby Pancakes (September/National Pancake Day), Baked Italian Tortellini (October/National Pasta Day), and Pumpkin Spice Bananas Foster French Toast Bites (November/National French Toast Day). Scroll down for this delicious cookie recipe as well as nine other fabulous posts! I hope we’ve given you some inspiration throughout the year on all of the many different ways you can enjoy food holidays!
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Peppermint 'Swig' Style Sugar Cookies
If you are a fan of peppermint, you will be a fan of these Peppermint 'Swig' Style Sugar Cookies. They are perfectly soft, sweet, and perfectly so peppermint-ee!
Ingredients
For the Cookie
- 5.5 cup Flour
- 2 tbsp Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- .5 tsp Baking Soda
- .5 tsp Cream of Tartar
- 1 cup Butter (2 sticks)
- 1.25 cup Sugar
- .25 cup Sugar
- .75 cup Powdered Sugar
- .75 cup Canola Oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- .5 tsp Peppermint Extract
- 2 Eggs (room temperature)
- .25 cup Red Jimmies Sprinkles
For the Frosting
- 5 tbsp Butter (room temperature)
- .33 cup Sour Cream
- 4 cup Powdered Sugar
- .5 tsp Peppermint Extract
Instructions
For the Cookie
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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In a medium-sized mixing bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking soda, and cream of tarter; set aside.
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In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream butter and both granulated & powdered sugars together for 2 minutes until fluffy. Slowly stream in the oil while beating.
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Add the vanilla and peppermint extract and then beat in the eggs one at a time until well combined.
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Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, mixing until combined (scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed). Mix in sprinkles.
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Roll dough into 2 inch balls to make approx. 36 cookies. Place ¼ cup sugar in a small dish. Place rolled dough on a baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Using a drinking glass (or something that is 2.5 inches in diameter), dip into sugar. Press the glass into a ball of dough until it is ½ inch thick (the dough will form a jagged edge and spill past the edge of the glass).
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Repeat the process of dipping the glass into sugar and pressing it into a ball of dough. Bake for 8 minutes only.
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Gently remove cookies from pan onto a cooling rack and let them cool completely. Place them in an air tight Tupperware in the fridge.
For the Frosting
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Cream butter, sour cream and peppermint extract. Slowly add powdered sugar a little at a time. Add extra powdered sugar if needed to reach desired consistency.
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Spread over cold cookies and serve immediately or let the icing dry (it will dry to the touch) and then store in an air-tight container in the fridge. Enjoy!
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Karie
How do i get the actual recipe to these peppermint swig style sugar cookies? I just keep getting the pictures, no recipe…
Yvonne
Ohmygoodness – it looks like it’s gone missing!! Let me do some research and get the recipe back up & to you ASAP! I’m so sorry!
Yvonne
Recipe is back!!
These cookies are so pretty and perfect for a cookie exchange party! Love peppermint around this time of year – wish I had a few right now!