Peppermint Cookies

Submitted by Jen Andrews

"This recipe was from a local Indianapolis newspaper more than 15 years ago. My mother and I have used it for cookie swaps with rave reviews. It's an excellent way to get rid of leftover Christmas candy canes!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 36 cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup margarine
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups quick oats
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup peppermint candy, crushed

• Icing

• 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons crushed peppermint candies

directions

1. Sift together flour, salt & soda; set aside.
2. Beat together butter, and sugar until fluffy.
3. Blend in egg.
4. Add flour mixture& mix well.
5. Stir in mints and oats.
6. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes at 350°F.
7. Mix icing ingredients.
8. Allow cookies to cool and then drizzle with icing.

Reviews

[BraydensMoM]

With a few modifications the cookies weren't all that bad. I put in less quick oats and for the icing used mint flavoring rather than the candies. I doubled the batch, however, I don't recommend. The cookies tasted bland until I put the icing on. Recipe doesn't call for milk in icing but that's what I used to a desired consistency. I probably wont make these again; however I liked the ease of making them and the oats added was a creative way to add with the peppermint taste. Tasted good only with coffee or hot chocolate.