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Slice & Bake Peppermint Almond Shortbread Cookies dipped in white chocolate and dark chocolate.

Slice & Bake Peppermint Almond Shortbread Cookies

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Author Beautiful Eats & Things

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup organic cane sugar
  • 1 stick organic unsalted butter chilled & cut into cubes
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ cup Sprouts Organic Almonds finely chopped and additional for garnish
  • 2 tsp Sprouts Organic Vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp crushed peppermint and additional for garnish
  • 1 drop of peppermint extract
  • ½ cup white chocolate morsels
  • ½ cup milk chocolate morsels

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt. Add flour mixture and butter to a food processor or blender and pulse until all ingredients are combined. Add in vanilla extract and 1 drop of peppermint extract and pulse until mixture is
    crumbly. Be sure not to overmix.
  • Add ingredients back to bowl and fold in almonds and crushed peppermint.
  • Transfer cookie dough onto a floured surface. Knead and roll dough into a log. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for approximately one hour.
  • After about an hour, preheat oven to 325 F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Slice cookies and arrange on cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 14-16 minutes or until bottom and edges are lightly golden. Cook on a wire rack.
  • Melt white chocolate morsels and milk chocolate morsels in the microwave, separately, for about 2 minutes. Make sure to stir about every 30 seconds. Dip the cookies into the melted chocolate, and sprinkle with additional chopped almonds and crushed peppermint, if desired.
  • Allow chocolate to set before serving.
  • Enjoy!