For a more grown-up take on this cookie, eliminate the candy canes and the peppermint extract, and instead mix 2½ teaspoons espresso powder into the dry ingredients. makes: 2 (9-inch) cookies ...

Another easy idea involves stirring candy cane chunks into vanilla pudding or whipped cream and layering it with cookie crumbs to make a parfait. This same peppermint pudding could also be piled ...