Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 (4 2/3 ounce) packages andes mints candies, broken into pieces (28 pcs. per box)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 using a hand mixer, cream the sugar, butter, and vanilla together.
• 3 mix in the flour and cocoa powder.
• 4 by hand, fold the mints into the dough.
• 5 spoon by rounded teaspoons onto an ungreased baking sheet, about 1 inch apart, they do not spread very much.
• 6 put them in the oven for 12-14 minutes.
• 7 take them out and let them cool completely before removing them from the tray.
• 8 if you make them in the recommended size, they'll end up being about 2 inches in diameter.