Peppermint Bark Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups peppermint bark, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips or 1/2 cup chocolate shavings

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 375f degrees. position the racks in the middle of the oven, and line baking sheets with parchment paper or silpats.
• 2 whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl or stand mixer, beat the butter until light and fluffy, then beat in the sugar until it is the consistency of a thick frosting. beat in the eggs one at a time, incorporating each fully before adding the next and scraping down the sides of the bowl a few times. stir in the vanilla until evenly incorporated. add the dry ingredients in 3 increments, stirring between each addition. at this point you should have a moist uniform dough. stir in the peppermint bark and chocolate chips by hand, mixing only until evenly distributed. reserve a bit of the bark to sprinkle on top of the cookies after you have dropped them onto the baking sheets.
• 4 drop a heaping tablespoon of dough for each cookie onto the prepared baking sheets 2 inches apart and bake for about 10 - 14 minutes, until golden on bottom and top. cool on wire racks.