1cupgranulated sugar(can also use ½ granulated, ½ brown sugar)
1large egg
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1cupsemi-sweet chocolate chipsdivided, (regular or mini)
3/4 cupwhite chocolatemelted
1/2 cupcandy canes or peppermintsfinely crushed
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In medium-sized bowl, whisk or sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together butter, shortening and sugar.
Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until a dough forms.
Fold in 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Drop dough by the tablespoon on prepared cookie sheet two inches apart.
Press a few semi-sweet chocolate chips into the dough (optional but gives a nice presentation)
Bake for 6 minutes or until cookies are almost done.
Remove from oven and allow cookies to sit on hot baking sheet to finish cooking.
Place cookies on a coolin rack to finish cooling.
Once cooled, drizzle cookies with melted white chocolated and sprinkle with crushed candy canes.
When chocolate had hardened, store in an airtight containers between rows of parchment.
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Notes
Be extra careful not to overbake if you want to get that brownie-like texture. Remove them from the oven when they are slightly under baked. You may need to do a couple test cookies to see the best baking time for your oven.