Thanksgiving Yum Yums

                This week is Thanksgiving and I want to say Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers. Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends. Enjoy the day with good food and good conversation. Thanksgiving is my holiday for which I will have 15 people to entertain and feed. This last week I went shopping for all the food I will need. I went to Aldi’s for all my small items like pickles, olives, carrots, and buns. This store is a must to save money on all your little items you will need. I went to my local grocery store (Piggly Wiggly) and I bought my turkey. This year they did not have a minimum spend limit so I bought my turkey for 49 cents a pound. We ended up buying 3 extra turkey ‘s right away to stock the freezer. This is the time of year do buy turkey very cheap.

                My family is very kind and offers to help with the preparation. My sister-in-law makes the cranberry sauce I gave you the recipe for last week and also makes a delicious sweet potato dish which I will give you the recipe for soon. My mother-in-law makes all the pies for me. So all I have to make is the meat and potatoes and a few side dishes. I make the turkey and ham up a couple of days before and just have to warm them up in my Nesco roasters for Thanksgiving. This saves me a lot of time and makes my day easier and less stressful. I want to enjoy the day also and be able to sit down and enjoy Thanksgiving too.

                My youngest daughter had to make a dessert for school for this week and she wanted to try it out on us this last weekend. We all loved it and decided this would make a great afternoon snack after pies for Thanksgiving while everybody watched the football game. So today I want to give you the recipe she found online for triple chocolate, double mint cookies.

Peppermint Triple Chocolate Cookies

               

1 Cup All Purpose Flour                                      ¾ Cup Brown Sugar

                2/3 Cup Cocoa Powder                                       ¼ Cup Sugar

                2 teaspoons Cornstarch                                     1 Large Egg

                ¾ teaspoon Baking Soda                                    1 teaspoon Peppermint Extract

                ¼ teaspoon Salt                                                   1 ½ teaspoons Vanilla

                10 Tablespoons Softened Butter                      ¾ Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips

Chocolate Peppermint Topping

                6 oz. Semisweet Chocolate Chips

                ½ teaspoon Vegetable Oil

                2 Candy Canes crushed

1.     

  In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking soda and salt until evenly combined. Set aside.

2.     

  In a separate large bowl using a stand or hand mixer beat the butter until well softened. With the mixer on medium speed add sugar and beat until no lumps remain. Then add your egg, vanilla and peppermint extract and beat until well combined.

3.      

Turn mixer to your lowest speed and pour in your flour mixture a little at a time. The flour mixture will tend to fly up if you have the speed to high.

4.       Once your dry mixture is evenly mixed in, beat in the chocolate chips on low speed. The mixture will be thick and sticky.

5.     

  Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for two hours.

6.     

  Once you are ready to bake, take the bowl out of the refrigerator and let warm up for 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

7.       Using a cookie scoop form dough into balls 1.5 Tablespoons in size. Roll each into a ball between your hands, flatten slightly and place 2 inches apart. You should end up with 22-24 cookies.

8.      

Bake for 7 to 9 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 10 minutes before placing them on your cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.

9.     

  Frosting for cookies. In a small microwavable bowl put your 6oz. of chocolate chips and oil. In 30 second burst, melt your chocolate until melted. Usually takes about 1 minute 30 seconds depending on your microwave oven.

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With a knife or spatula frost your cookies.

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11.   In a plastic bag crush your candy canes. I used a bottom of a metal cup to crush my candy canes.

Sprinkle the candy cane pieces onto your frosted cookies.

Needless to say, these cookies didn’t make it a day in our house. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy my daughters delicious triple chocolate double mint cookies as a treat. Happy Thanksgiving to all my kind reader from Suzie Homemaker.