Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup cocoa
- ½ cup garbanzo beans
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Peppermint Buttercream Frosting
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons 1% milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup peppermint candies, crushed (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flours, baking soda, salt, and cocoa.
- In a food processor, cream together beans, butter, and brown sugar.
- Add in the milk, egg, and vanilla.
- Blend until smooth.
- Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients.
- Mix until well combined.
- Spray a cookie sheet with nonstick spray or use baking mat.
- Drop about 1 tablespoon of the cookie batter and space them about 2–3 inches apart.
- Bake for 8–10 minutes
- Allow to cool completely before frosting.
- While cookies are cooling, make the frosting
- Cream together the powdered sugar, butter, milk, vanilla, peppermint extract, and salt.
- Spread about 2 teaspoons of frosting on the cookies.
- Garnish with crushed peppermint, if desired.
*Nutrition analysis done without crushed peppermints on top
| NUTRITIONAL INFO | PER SERVING |
|---|---|
| Calories | 70 (20 from fat) |
| Total fat | 2g |
| Saturated fat | 1g |
| Cholesterol | 10mg |
| Sodium | 95mg |
| Carbohydrate | 14g (1g dietary fiber, 10g sugar) |
| Protein | 1g |
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