This has been a busy month in the kitchen;  Advent is a time we sell a lot of baked goods in the gift shop. The first weekend we always have plated teas in the guesthouse and a service of Advent Lessons and Carols. We enjoy making Bourbon cakes, Strawberry rhubarb pies, cranberry bread, ginger spice cookies, chocolate fudge, English toffee, orange rolls, St Lucia bread, to name a few.  We make a lot of these on Saturday mornings when we have our Community work time and kitchen helpers aged 6 to 70. There is a dedicated group of younger girls who help out on a regular basis, and I just love their enthusiasm; they will do anything they are asked to do from washing dishes to crimping pie crusts to making jam. I am happy  to encourage our future chefs! I think one of their favorite things was helping make the candy for the gift shop. The white chocolate Oreo peppermint bark is the prettiest and quite delicious; I have included that recipe here so you can make it to enjoy over the holidays. A Blessed Christmas!

Peppermint Oreo Cookie Bark

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Peppermint Oreo Cookie Bark

SERVINGS 1lbs. CHANGE SERVING SIZE lbs.

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Ingredients

• 1 (18 oz) Package oreos
• 6 oz. peppermint candies hard (approximately 32) or ¾ cup Crushed Candy Canes
• 1 lb. white chocolate confectionery (such as: www.wilburbuds.com/docs/products/WhiteConfectioneryWafer.html)
• 1 tsp. peppermint extract pure, clear

Instructions

1. Prepare a 10×15 baking sheet by lining it with aluminum foil.
2. By hand, break up the cookies, each into four chunks.
3. Unwrap the candies and put them in a ziplock bag.
4. Pound them with a meat mallet until crushed, but still keeping some chunks.
5. Melt the chocolate over a double boiler, making sure that no steam or water gets into the chocolate mixture. Stir frequently.
6. Once melted, add 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract and mix well.
7. Pour the chocolate mixture onto the sheet pan and spread to an even layer with a spatula – about ¼” thickness.
8. Sprinkle with the broken Oreos and press them down into the chocolate slightly.
9. Sprinkle with peppermint candy.
10. Leave at room temperature to harden then break into desired pieces for bark.
11. This can be packaged into clear bags with bows for a lovely Christmas gifts!