The Best Peppermint Cookies

Holiday Treats

Peppermint cookies are easy to make and perfect for the holidays. You can roll and cut them or make them into pinwheels.

Ingredients

3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup butter ½ cups sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon peppermint extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract food coloring

Step 1

Butter and Sugar

Allow butter to soften at room temperature. Cream butter and sugar on high speed for about 2 minutes.

Step 2

Add in eggs, vanilla and peppermint extract. Beat on high speed for about 1 minute.

Eggs and Extracts

Step 3

Mix together the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Pour dry ingredients into creamed butter/sugar mix and mix on low until combined.

Dry Ingredients

As a Note

Peppermint extract is clear. Food coloring is optional but without it your cookies will look like a sugar cookie. We use icing coloring but regular food coloring works great too.

Step 4

If you are doing pinwheels, take half the dough out. Add food coloring and mix on low until combined.

Food Coloring

Step 5

Refrigerate

Wrap dough in plastic wrap. If doing pinwheels, divide dough into 4 sections. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.

Step 6

Shaping

Roll 1 of each color into rectangles close in size. Place on top of each other and wrap as tightly as you can lengthwise. Cut into quarter inch slices.

Step 7

Bake

Place on baking sheet about 2-3 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 9-11 minutes.

Enjoy!