Oreo Peppermint Cookies (Homemade!)

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These Oreo peppermint cookies are a delicious festive addition to your holiday cookie box!! They are soft and chewy with gooey centers, loaded with crushed Oreos and peppermint chips, and topped with a sweet peppermint crunch topping!!

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 In a medium mixing bowl, shift together the flour, cocoa powders, cornstarch, and baking soda. Whisk in the kosher salt. Set aside.

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 In the bowl of a stand mixer with the melted butter, beat the butter and both sugars on medium high. Next, add in the eggs one at a time. Add in the vanilla and peppermint extract with the last egg.

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With the mixer on low speed, add in the flour mixture in 3 additions, mixing until just combined.

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Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the crushed Oreos, Oreo crumbs, peppermint chips, and chopped chocolate into the cookie dough until just combined. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3 hours.

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Portion the dough equally into 2.5 oz cookie balls. Place the balls of cookie dough in the fridge on a wax lined plate uncovered to firm up while the oven preheats.

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Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place 5 dough balls on the parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes, removing and tapping the pan halfway through baking and rotating before returning to the oven.

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In a medium size bowl, combined the crushed Oreos, candy cane pieces, granulated sugar, Kosher salt, vanilla extract, and melted butter. Mix everything together using a rubber spatula until combined.

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 Scoot the cookies until they are perfectly round. Finally, top the cookies with the Oreo peppermint crunch topping, extra peppermint chips, and crushed candy canes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer the baked cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.

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These fluffy sugar cookies are simple to make and sure to impress your family and friends this Christmas!!

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With those gooey and chewy centers, delicious peppermint flavor, and chunks of Oreo in every bite, it will hard to stop at just one!! (Bonus: they taste like a cross between a gooey, fudgy sugar cookie, and a thin mint....drool)

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