Christmas Leftover Wafers

I had several candy canes leftover from Christmas and in the spirit of Not Wasting Stuff, I hated to just throw them out but I didn't want them on my counter anymore. As fate would have it, I had half a small package of chocolate chips and about 3/4 cup of flour. Normally, I would say that you can't do anything with that many candy canes and that little flour and chocolate, but I stumbled across a recipe for white chocolate patties that almost fit the bill. I swapped out the dark chocolate for the white chocolate and now I don't have Christmas leftovers on the counter anymore.

Christmas Leftover Wafers

• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 oz chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 6 tbs butter
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 oz peppermint candy, crushed

Preheat oven to 325. Mix together the flower, baking powder and salt. Melt the chocolate. I prefer to pop in in the microwave and nuke it for 30 second intervals, stirring in between.

Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add melted chocolate and beat until combined. Add dry ingredients and beat until combined. Stir in crushed peppermints.

Drop by spoonfuls onto a lined cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes if you like your cookies slightly chewy, 10 minutes if you prefer them crisp. When they come out of the oven, leave them on the cookie sheet for 20-30 minutes to allow to cool. If you try to take them off sooner, you'll end up with a weird pile of cookie parts. If you wait, they'll come up easily. They're better when they're cool anyhow.

Makes 24 big cookies or 36 small cookies.