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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup (6.75 oz) AP flour
- 3/4 cup (2.4 oz) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup + 2 T (7.875 oz) sugar
- 1/4 t salt
- 1/4 t baking soda
- 14 T (1 3/4 sticks) unsalted butter, slightly softened
- 3 T whole milk (I used 1/2 T cream plus 2 1/2 T 1%)
- 1 t vanilla
- peppermint oil, to taste (start with a few drops only; I find that white chocolate can take more peppermint)
- 8 oz finely chopped chocolate, bittersweet or white chocolate
- 2 T unsalted butter, optional (my house is coolâthe cookies made without the butter are undeniably crunchier as the chocolate filling is much harder)
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