Time for recipe #2: Candy Cane Chocolate cookies! These babies are SOOOO good! I originally got the recipe from Bon Appetit Magazine. (I believe it was on the cover last year)
Anyhow, the recipe was good....but the frosting was a bit too goopy for my taste. The original filling called for like a cup of sugar and 3/4 cup butter....which if you think about the ratio, you KNOW it will be sludgy. Not so good. So I called on my old standby frosting recipe and it worked FABULOUSLY. With the peppermint extract, the filling reminds me off those creamy homemade buttermints. Just melts in your mouth. So here's the recipe I use:
Do you know what my very favorite part is....the cookies turn out JUST like the picture. LOVE when the recipe is not only good, but cute too!! Think how darling they'd be stacked in little cookie towers tied with ribbon! OH! Or piled in those big cute chinese take-out boxes you see all over. The possibilities are endless. Man I love this stuff. *sigh*
OMG Those LOOK YUMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEE kim!
Posted by: Shabby Miss Jenn | December 22, 2006 at 02:34 PM
Woohee! These cookies look fabulous! I'll have to try this! Thanks for sharing these, miss Kim!
And please accept my most heartfelt wishes for a Magical Christmas and a Sparkling 2007, for you and your beautiful family!
{hugs} --> like millions of them!
Posted by: Nancy aka belgianangel | December 22, 2006 at 02:37 PM
Girl, you are KILLING me!! I was literally just this second copying down all the ingredients I needed for your sugar cookies so I could run to the store and then you post these babies. Looks like I may be baking two kinds of cookies! I better stop looking at your blog until after the holidays!
Posted by: Jennifer | December 22, 2006 at 05:18 PM
Kimmy-
Holy Night! Whew! Just reading your blog makes me worn out! How do you do it all? I still am amazed at how many times we think of the same things -ie: the stockings! You know how my sewing skills are though - but I'm excited to show you anyway! I was bummed I had to leave the party the other night before I got a chance to chit-chat! We'll have to catch up after the holidays. XOXO Linds
Posted by: Lindsey McBride | December 22, 2006 at 06:11 PM
Those look SO yummy AND pretty! I'll have to try to make them.
Merry Christmas!
Kim
Posted by: Daisy Cottage | December 22, 2006 at 06:47 PM
Oh! I am so excited to find another "dessert lover"! I am always looking for yummy new treats! LOL...my girls always say, "mommy always has to make the pretty looking desserts" So, needless to say, I will be whipping up some of those pretty and yummy Candy Cane Chocolate cookies!! The Caramel popcorn is on my "to do list" for tomorrow morning! Yum! I can hardly wait to taste it! Thanks so much for the yummy recipes and have a blessed Christmas and wonderful 2007!!
Posted by: Sabrina | December 22, 2006 at 06:49 PM
mmmm- these remind me of whoopie pies!!!!
TFS the recipe!!
Merry Christmas!!
Posted by: Laurie G | December 22, 2006 at 08:45 PM
Yummm, these look so tasty!
p.s. We did the buttercream frosting with our sugar cookies and it was as amazing as you said. Thank you!
Posted by: kristyann | December 22, 2006 at 09:13 PM
Wow, those look almost too cute to eat! I'll have to try these next year. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Sari | December 22, 2006 at 09:13 PM
YES....Kim's recipes!!!! (Imagine me jumping up in the air!)
One of my all-time favorite combos--mint & chocolate! Thank you sweets!
Posted by: Jennifer | December 22, 2006 at 09:43 PM
Yum! Ok, I have two questions ... How many cookies does this make and is dutch process cocoa found in a regular grocery store? I'm doing Christmas cookies tomorrow and these would be sooooo cute to give to our neighbors!
Posted by: Shannon B. (aka dancingirisheyes) | December 22, 2006 at 10:40 PM
I REMEMBER that cover last year!!! And I never ended up getting it!
Thanks for the soooo yummy recipe!
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Becky (Daisyduster) | December 22, 2006 at 11:40 PM
Oh my..that's sooooo yumyyyyyyyyy,Kim!!! Thanks for the recipe! I know, I cannot for the life of me make it but at least I have that for my shelves:) hehe
Happy Holidays!
Xoxo
Posted by: Yen | December 23, 2006 at 08:15 AM
Oh that is totally up my alley.. peppermint and chocolate. And it's so darn cute!
Merry Christmas to you my new blogging friend. :)
Posted by: deb | December 23, 2006 at 11:17 AM
Hey! Thanks for the recipe! And the info about the Bon Appetit recipe... I often find I have to make substitutions to their recipes. Have a Merry Christmas!!
Posted by: Sasha | December 23, 2006 at 12:34 PM
Wow!!! Those sure are pretty looking! And they look delicious! Great idea to post recipe's like this!
Posted by: MandaKay | December 23, 2006 at 12:59 PM
Oh these look so good Kim!! Next year... next year :)
Posted by: Heln | December 23, 2006 at 06:54 PM
Thanks for the information...I bookmarked your site, and I appreciate your time and effort to make your blog a success!
Posted by: Rachael | November 07, 2008 at 12:16 PM