This recipe for Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars is a great way to use up candy canes you might have leftover after the holidays.

Amidst the sea of sugar cookies and gingerbread men ... Remove the cookies from the oven and garnish with crushed peppermint or crushed candy canes. 1 cup crushed candy canes or peppermints ...

In a food processor, pulse flour, powdered sugar, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt a few times to combine. Add butter and peppermint extract ... flatten. Bake cookies until just browned on ...

Her hot cocoa-inspired recipe includes a decadent chocolate-peppermint cookie base ... and sprinkle cookies evenly with crushed candy canes. Cool slightly before serving.