To make them even more decadent, dip them in melted chocolate! For a low fat option, skip the filling, add the crushed candy canes to the batter, and make single cookies instead.
Peppermint Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Servings 16 cookies
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
- 1 banana mashed
- 1 cup date syrup
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
For the Filling
- 1/2 cup date sugar
- 1/2 cup coconut butter Not coconut oil!
- 6 candy canes crushed (About 1/2 cup.)
Instructions
For the Cookies:
- Combine dry ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Combine wet ingredients in a large bowl.
- Add dry mixture to wet mixture and stir until combined.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roll 1 tbsp of dough at a time into balls.
- Place on parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- Using the palm of your hand or a flat object like the bottom of a glass, press the balls into flat circles. Use cocoa powder to keep from sticking.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Let cool on a rack.
For the Filling:
- Meanwhile, beat the coconut butter and sugar together with a hand mixer until fluffy.
- Stir in the crushed candy canes.
- Once the cookies are completely cool, spread 1 tbsp filling on the bottom of a cookie. Place another cookie on top of the filling to create a sandwich. Repeat for remainder of cookies.