Chocolate Peppermint Stars

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
• ½ cup red-and-white-striped hard peppermint candies
• 6 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• + 1 more ingredients
• • 1 cup powdered sugar

Sift flour, cocoa, and salt into medium bowl. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Add dry ingredients; beat until dough holds together. Divide dough in half. Shape each piece into disk. Wrap in plastic; chill until firm enough to roll, at least 45 minutes and up to ...

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