Candy Cane Cookies
Created by Fizzybrat on September 8, 2017
- Servings: 48
- Prep Time: 60m
- Cook Time: 9m
- Recipe #28011
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
- 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat oven to 375 .
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Step 2: Mix well shortening, sugar, egg, flavorings. Mix flour, salt and stir in.
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Step 3: Divide dough in half.
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Step 4: Blend red food coloring into one half.
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Step 5: Roll 1 tsp each color dough on lightly floured board into a strip about 4″ long.
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Step 6: Place strips side by side, press lightly together and twist like a rope.
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Step 7: Put on ungreased baking sheet. Curve top down for handle of cane.
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Step 8: Bake 9 minutes, or until lightly browned.
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Step 9: Remove while still warm, sprinkle with mixture of 1/2 cup crushed peppermint stick candy and 1/2 cup sugar.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (21.5 g)
- Calories 88.4
- Total Fat - 4.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.7 g
- Cholesterol - 9.4 mg
- Sodium - 70.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 11.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.2 g
- Sugars - 6.4 g
- Protein - 0.9 g
- Calcium - 3.2 mg
- Iron - 0.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg