Chocolate-Mint Marble Cookies Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.

Put 1 3/4 cups sugar butter cream cheese baking powder salt and peppermint and vanilla extracts in a bowl. Cream together with a mixer until well blended 2 or 3 minutes. Mix in egg until incorporated. Add 2 cups of the flour; mix on low speed until incorporated 2 to 3 minutes (dough will be very soft).

Divide dough roughly in half and transfer one half to another bowl. Mix in food coloring if using and remaining 1/2 cup flour into one half of dough. Mix cocoa powder into other half. Place 1/2 cup sugar in a small bowl.

Pinch off about 1 teaspoon of green dough and roll into a small ball; repeat with remaining green dough. Do the same with chocolate dough. To make each cookie line up 4 small balls of dough in a row alternating colors: green chocolate green chocolate. Squish the 4 small dough balls together and roll lightly into 1 big ball. Roll in sugar; set on prepared baking sheet leaving 2 inches between cookies. Repeat with remaining dough.

Bake until cookie edges start to turn golden brown 13 to 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheet 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.