Chocolate Peppermint Bar Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 50
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup natural cocoa powder (not dutch-process)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
• 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 ounces)
• 1/4 lb candy canes or 1/4 lb peppermint candy, coarsely crushed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f tear off a 21" piece of aluminum foil; fold it to be 8 1/2" wide. butter foil, leaving 3" on either end bare. place foil, butter side up, into a 13x9x2 metal baking pan.
• 2 whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
• 3 in a stand mixer with paddle, beat butter and brown sugar until fluffy, 3-5 minutes. add egg and beat until combined. add dry ingredients and mix on low just until combined. with a rubber spatula, fold in chocolate chips and crushed peppermints. spread dough evenly in prepared pan.
• 4 bake in preheated oven until puffed and beginning to pull away from sides of pan, about 20 minutes. place pan on a cooling rack and cool to room temperature. lift cookies out with foil to a cutting board and cut into 2x1" bars. remove from foil with spatula.