{"id":15391,"date":"2025-12-02T22:50:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15391"},"modified":"2025-12-02T22:50:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:50:28","slug":"chocolate-peppermint-shortbread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15391","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate-Peppermint Shortbread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.myfitnesspal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Chocolate-Peppermint-Shortbread-1024x643.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chocolate-Peppermint Shortbread\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These festive Chocolate-Peppermint Shortbread cookies are full of holiday cheer and delight kids and grown-ups alike. You can feel good knowing they\u2019re healthier than other holiday treats: They use a combination of butter and canola oil so they taste buttery-rich, but have less saturated fat. And they\u2019re 100% whole-grain with a fine, crumbly, classic shortbread texture \u2014 thanks to whole-wheat pastry flour (look for it at natural food stores or specialty grocery stores).<\/p>\n<p>Active time: 18 minutes Total time: 1 hour, 20 minutes<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chocolate-Peppermint Shortbread<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 2\/3 cups (192g) whole-wheat pastry flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup (60g) powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 1\/2 tablespoons cornstarch<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>5 tablespoons (70g) unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>5 tablespoons (74ml) canola oil<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup (65g) semisweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>2 candy canes, crushed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F (165\u00baC). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/p>\n<p>In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cornstarch and salt. In a large bowl, combine butter and oil. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended, about 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Add flour mixture; beat at medium-low speed until a firm dough forms.<\/p>\n<p>Divide dough in half. Pat each dough half into a 5 1\/2-inch circle on a prepared baking sheet. Using a large knife, cut each circle into 12 wedges, but do not pull wedges apart (keep the circle intact). Bake at 325\u00b0F until just starting to brown around edges, 32\u201335 minutes. Immediately re-cut wedges and keep circles intact. Cool cookies completely on pan, about 30 minutes. Space wedges apart.<\/p>\n<p>Place chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high until chocolate melts, about 1 minute, stopping to stir every 20 seconds. Scrape the chocolate into a small zip-top plastic bag. Snip a small hole in one bottom corner of the bag; pipe chocolate evenly over cookies. Sprinkle crushed candy canes over cookies. Let stand until set.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves: 24 | Serving Size: 1 cookie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nutrition (per serving):\u00a0<\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calories: 111; Total Fat: 6g; Saturated Fat: 2g; Monounsaturated Fat: 2g; Cholesterol: 6mg; Sodium: 25mg; Carbohydrate: 11g; Dietary Fiber: 1g; Sugar: 5g; Protein 1g<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Nutrition Bonus<\/strong>: Potassium: 15mg; Iron: 3%; Vitamin A: 2%; Vitamin C: 0%; Calcium: 0%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Originally published December 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myfitnesspal.com\/chocolate-peppermint-shortbread\/\">Chocolate-Peppermint Shortbread<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myfitnesspal.com\">MyFitnessPal Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myfitnesspal.com\/chocolate-peppermint-shortbread\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These festive Chocolate-Peppermint Shortbread cookies are full of holiday cheer and delight kids and grown-ups alike. You can feel good knowing they\u2019re healthier than other holiday treats: They use a combination of butter and canola oil so they taste buttery-rich, but have less saturated fat. And they\u2019re 100% whole-grain with a fine, crumbly, classic shortbread &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}