Candy Cane Cookies
"My sister Jackie made this every year for the holidays."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (49.1 g)
- Calories 201
- Total Fat - 10.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.3 g
- Cholesterol - 47.8 mg
- Sodium - 153.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 24 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.5 g
- Sugars - 14.7 g
- Protein - 3.5 g
- Calcium - 14 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Step 2
Sift flour and salt together into a mixing bowl, set aside
Step 3
In a separate bowl, mix cream, butter and shortening together thoroughly
Step 4
Add sugar and mix until fully incorporated
Step 5
Add egg and extracts and mix until fully incorporated
Step 6
Add dry ingredients and mix until fully incorporated
Step 7
Divide dough in half
Step 8
In one half add red food coloring, mix thoroughly (some people add green food coloring to other side)
Step 9
Make complete cookies one at a time, covering the dough with damp cloth
Step 10
Roll 1 teaspoons of each dough into strips about 4 inches long
Step 11
Place strips side by side
Step 12
Press lightly together and twist into a rope
Step 13
Place on ungreased cookie sheet
Step 14
Curve top of twisted dough rope down to form handle handle of cane
Step 15
Bake about 9 minutes, until lightly brown
Step 16
Remove with spatula while warm and sprinkle with topping (optional)
Tips
- Damp towels