Kentucky Bourbon Peppermint Cookies
 
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Enjoy the tastes of the season with these amazing cookies!
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Recipe type: Dessert Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients:
  • 2 sticks of unsalted butter, room temp
  • 1 C sugar
  • 2 eggs, room temp
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 3 C flour
Glaze Ingredients:
  • ¼ C unsalted butter, room temp
  • ½ C sugar
  • 3 TBSP Bourbon
  • crushed peppermint candy
Instructions
Cookie Directions:
  1. -Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  2. -Beat butter and sugar for 1 minute.
  3. -Mix in the eggs and vanilla until well incorporated.
  4. -Add together the flour, baking soda, and salt then add them into the other mixture.
  5. -Mix until well incorporated.
  6. -Using a small ice cream scoop form the cookies then place them on the lined cookie sheet.
  7. -Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies are slightly brown.
  8. -Remove from the oven but keep the cookies on the cookie sheet.
Glaze Directions:
  1. -With the cookies still hot from the oven begin to make the glaze. Add all of the ingredients in a small pot.
  2. -Cooking over medium-high heat , stirring continuously until the combined butter and sugar is melted and dissolved. Do not boil as the sugar will burn turning brown.
  3. -The glaze will thicken by slightly cooling it.
  4. -Take a spoonful of the glaze and drizzle it on each cookie.
  5. -Sprinkle the crushed peppermint on top of each cookie.
Recipe by The Thrifty Couple at https://thethriftycouple.com/kentucky-bourbon-peppermint-cookies/