Double-Chocolate Peppermint Cookies | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1⅔ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup plus 1 Tbsp. Dutch-process cocoa powder
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1¾ cup sugar, divided
• 12 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• ½ cup packed dark brown sugar
• ¼ cup vegetable shortening
• 1 Tbsp. kosher salt, divided
• 1 tsp. mint extract
• 1 tsp. vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 12½ oz. milk chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 5 large peppermint candy canes (2½ oz.), 2 finely chopped plus 3 left whole