Peppermint Snaps

Submitted by MMinMI

"My mom cut this recipe out of a Chicago Area newspaper about 30 years ago and they have been part of our Christmas cookies ever since. Great way to use all those broken candy canes!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 2 1/2 dozen

ingredients

• Cookies

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups quick oats or 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1⁄2 cup crushed peppermint candy

• Glaze

• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons milk
• 1⁄8 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1 drop red food coloring

directions

1. FOR COOKIES: Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in egg.
2. Add combined dry ingredients, mix well.
3. Stir in oats and peppermint candy.
4. Shape dough o form 1 1/2-inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet; flatten with times of fork.
5. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheet.
7. FOR GLAZE: Combine all ingredients; mix well. Drizzle over cooled cookies.

Reviews

[Ibjustine]

Thank you so much for posting this recipe! My husband's grandmother gave me some of her cookie recipes and she had this exact recipe, but I wasn't sure about some of her notes and I wanted to double check so I looked online and here it is! She is also from the Chicago area so I bet she found this in the newspaper too!