Chocolate Peppermint Squares

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Chocolate Peppermint Squares is 40 squares. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Chocolate Peppermint Squares estimated approx 2 hours.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have Chocolate Peppermint Squares using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

If you like mints, you will love these delectable squares. I adapted this recipe from one published by Melissa Clark in The New York Times.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Chocolate Peppermint Squares:

1. Chocolate Shortbread
2. 181 grams flour
3. 144 grams sugar
4. 22 grams unsweetened cocoa powder
5. 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
6. 163 grams unsalted butter
7. Peppermint Filling
8. 585 grams confectioners’ sugar
9. 62 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
10. 87 ml heavy cream
11. 3 teaspoons (12 ml) peppermint extract (NOT OIL)
12. Chocolate Icing
13. 270 grams bittersweet chocolate (at least 70%), chopped

Steps to make to make Chocolate Peppermint Squares

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Line a 9-x13-inch baking pan with parchment paper, allowing 2 inches of paper to hang over the sides.
2. Make the shortbread: In a food processor, pulse together flour, sugar, cocoa powder and salt.
3. Add butter and process until a smooth dough forms.
4. Press dough evenly into the bottom of prepared baking pan. Bake until firm to the touch, and sides of the crust are beginning to pull away from the pan, about 25 minutes. Cool completely.
5. Make the filling: In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine confectioners' sugar, butter, cream and peppermint extract. Beat until mixture forms a thick, smooth paste.
6. Press filling evenly over shortbread. With wet fingers, smooth surface with quick, circular movements. Wrap in plastic and chill to set the filling for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
7. Use parchment paper overhang to lift the shortbread and peppermint out of the baking pan and onto a cutting board. Cut into 1½-inch squares or as desired. Place squares on a rack placed over a parchment-lined sheet tray, and let them come to room temperature for about 15 minutes.
8. In the top of a double boiler or in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, melt 190 grams chocolate, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Remove from heat, add remaining 80 grams chocolate and let sit for 2 minutes. Stir the chocolate until smooth.
9. Spoon 1 teaspoon chocolate on top of a cut peppermint square, using the back of the spoon to spread chocolate to the edges. Be sure to fully cover the top of the square with chocolate. (Leave the sides exposed, though it's O.K. if some of the chocolate drips down.) Repeat with remaining squares.
10. Let squares sit at room temperature until chocolate is set, at least 1 hour. They keep well in the freezer.

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