Description
These sugar cookies combine the best parts of winter in a bite-sized portion.
Ingredients
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For the Cookies:
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- Tennis biscuits, about one 7 1/2 oz (200 g) box
- Turbinado sugar
For the Peppermint Crisp Filling:
- 500 ml heavy cream
- 395 g dulce de leche
- 3 peppermint crisp candy bars, chopped fine
- Additional peppermint crisp candy bars, chopped
Instructions
For the Cookies:
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Cream together the sugar and butter with a stand or handheld mixer until pale in color and light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and the lemon juice.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter-sugar mixture slowly, continuing to beat, just until combined.
- Scoop the dough into balls with a small ice cream scoop, and place on a tray or baking sheet. Refrigerate the balls of dough for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line a pair of baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Arrange about 9 tennis biscuits, side-by-side on each baking sheet. Roll cookie dough balls in the turbinado sugar and top each tennis biscuit with a ball.
- Bake for 15 to 16 minutes, rotating the baking sheets halfway through the baking time. Then let cookies cool to room temperature.
For the Peppermint Crisp Filling:
- Whip the cream in a large mixing bowl until soft peaks form. Add the dulce de leche and beat it in. Fold in the candy bar pieces.
- Spoon the filling into a piping bag fitted with a round tip. Pipe the filling in a circular pattern around the top of each cookie. Sprinkle with additional chopped candy bar pieces over the top of each and serve.