Festive Candy Canes Recipe
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Ingredients: ¾ C butter, softened (1½ sticks)
1 C powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tsp peppermint extract
1 tsp almond extract
½ tsp vanilla
1 ⅔ C all purpose flour
⅛ tsp salt
Red food coloring
Peppermint candy crushed and blended with 4 Tb sugar, if desired
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Directions:• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Beat butter and powdered sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add egg, peppermint and almond extract and vanilla.
• Add flour and salt; beat until well blended. (Doug will be sticky.)
• Divide dough in half.
• Tint half of dough with food coloring to desired shade of red. Leave remaining dough plain.
• For each candy cane, with floured hands, shape heaping teaspoonful dough of each color into 5-inch rope: twist
together into candy cane shape.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookies sheets.
• Bake 7 to 8 minutes or just until set and edges are very lightly browned.
• Cool on cookies sheets 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Yields about 2 dozen |
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Notes: I love these cookies. They are so colorful and have been a sweet tradition in our home.
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