Chocolate Candy Cane Peppermint Patty Surprise

Christmas and Hanukkah are here (oh and finals, so pardon my lack of recipes lately). Thursday is my last day of student teaching at the Birch school. As a going away gift, I wanted to bake cookies for my cooperative teacher who loooves York Peppermint Patties. Note: this was not a fast baking job, but was very easy. Makes about 2 dozen

Ingredients:
1.5 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar

1 egg

1 bag of small peppermint patties (about 21)

1.5 tbsp butter, slightly melted
1/2 cup cocoa powder (not hot chocolate)
1/4 cup white chocolate, chopped
(not chips, i tried melting these and they burned, woops)
3 candy canes, broken into tiny pieces*
*I placed them in a ziplock bag and pounded them with a meat pounder
1/2 tsp baking soda

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugars, baking soda and cocoa
Use a whisk to stir them together
Slowly add in butter
Then add one egg, stir until mixed well

Spread out a piece of plastic wrap and place dough in a ball on it
Roll it until it is flattened
Seal with another piece of wrap (or put the dough between a cut ziplock as pictured)
Refrigerate for 10 minutes

Preheat oven to 350 F
Remove dough and let sit for 5 minutes
Meanwhile: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray
Over a pot of boiling water, place a bowl with the white chocolate and let it melt

Cover the peppermint patties in the dough, using your fingers to cover all sides
If the dough breaks a little, it may need to thaw a little longer
Cook for 15 minutes, rotating the pan at 7 minutes
The cookies are done when they are puffy but start to get firm

Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes
Add white chocolate drizzle to the top and sprinkle with candy cane pieces