Belfonte Dairy | From the Heart of Kansas City
Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Bars
Soft chocolate cookie bars sliced into squares, topped with swirls of creamy white peppermint frosting and sprinkled with crushed peppermint pieces for a festive finish.

Ingredients

For Cookie Bars

  • ½ cup butter (1 stick, melted)
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp peppermint extract
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
  • 2-3 tbsp cocoa powder

For Frosting

  • ½ cup butter (1 stick, softened)
  • 3-4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2-3 tbsp Belfonte Heavy Whipping Cream
  • Crushed peppermint candy to sprinkle on top

Directions

For Cookie Bars

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 350°F and line you 9 by 9 inch baking dish with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, add your butter and sugars and mix until combined.
  3. Add your egg and extracts and mix until light and fluffy.
  4. Add your dry ingredients including your baking soda, baking powder, salt, flour and cocoa powder. Stir until just combined and dough is formed.
  5. In a 9 by 9 inch baking dish, add your dough and spread it out evenly.
  6. Bake in the oven at 350° F for 10-12 minutes until set.
  7. Remove from oven and let cool.

For Frosting

  1. In a large bowl of a stand mixer or using a hand mixer, add your butter and whip until fluffy and lightens in color. Add your powdered sugar and pure vanilla extract and mix.
  2. Slowly add your Belfonte Heavy Whipping Cream and mix until light and fluffy.

Assemble

  1. Once your cookie bars have cooled, remove from the pan using the parchment paper.
  2. Swirl your white frosting on your cookie bars until it looks how you desire. I like to use an off set spatula for this.
  3. Sprinkle with your crushed peppermint pieces.
  4. Cut into bars, serve and enjoy!!

Yields 12 cookie bars

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