CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT CRINKLE COOKIES

Today we are being visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past who is taking us back a couple years to the first Christmas that I was blogging – back to the days of bad writing, dimly lit photography, and a lack of discretion on the recipes I shared. To the days that my twitter handle changed every couple weeks because anything was better than @thesweetlife5 and I was still trying to figure out what was up with Instagram.

It’s all flashing before my eyes. Ghost of the Christmas Past, why must we go there?

You might remember last spring when I lost most of my photographs in a hosting migration nightmare.  At some point I became so frustrated and, well, sad with the whole situation that I abandoned the re-uploading project altogether and turned my attentions to rebranding, something else that’s problems had become abundantly clear, leaving a few of my recipes completely without pictures.

Among them: these Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies.

Ingredients
Crinkle Cookies

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup dutch-process cocoa powder
• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ¾ cup applesauce
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1 tbsp peppermint candies, crushed (optional)
• Sugar Coating
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup powdered sugar

Instructions

1. In a small bowl combine flour, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl or stand up mixer stir together cocoa powder, sugar, applesauce, oil, extracts, and peppermint candies (if using) until well blended. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined.
3. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 4 hours.
4. ............................................

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