Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies

• 1 cup butter (salted)
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• Pinch saigon cinnamon (or regular)
• 2 1/3 cups white all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup melted semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup crushed candy canes
• 1 1/2 cups marsh mellows
• Pinch (Hershey's) unsweetened cocoa powder
• Pinch kosher salt

1. Preheat the oven to 350u0b0 F. Melt the butter in the microwave and put in a mixer. (Preferably a mixer however, a bowl with an egg beater works too).
2. Add the two sugars to the mixture and mix at a medium high speed until blended, about 1 minute. Then add the vanilla and eggs to the batter until well mixed.
3. In another bowl, mix the flour (sifted) , salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and cocoa powder. Then, slowly, add this to the batter while the mixer is on a low setting.
4. Put a small glass bowl on top of a saucepan of boiling water.(Or a double boiler). Add the chocolate chips, a tiny tiny bit of butter, and a tad of half and half. Melt this till smooth.
5. Removing the paddle attachment, get a wood spoon. Fold in the candy canes, chocolate, and marsh mellows. At this point, if you have weak tasting candy canes, you should add a tad of peppermint extract.
6. Get a lightly greased sheet pan and scoop 1 1/2 by 1 1/2 inch blobs of dough onto it. You can add a marsh mellow on top if you like. Pop it in the oven and cook till a knife comes out clean, about 5-7 minutes.
7. Take out the sheet, and enjoy!

butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, white all purpose, baking soda, semisweet chocolate chips, canes, mellows, cocoa powder, kosher salt

Taken from food52.com/recipes/8378-peppermint-hot-chocolate-cookies (may not work)