These cookies will make your holiday even sweeter. They look and taste like candy canes. People often ask me if I crush peppermints to make them, but it's as simple as buying peppermint extract! I make the dough and refrigerate overnight, then bake them the next day. This makes the dough easier to work with, and less sticky. These favorite cookies have 3 sticks of butter!!!
Holiday Cane Cane Cookies
1 1/2 c. softened butter
1 c. sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp. peppermint extract
4 1/2 c. all purpose flour
red food coloring
Mix all ingredients in a large mixer, adding the flour last. Divide the dough in half and add red food coloring to one half. Cover dough and refrigerate overnight. When ready to bake, heat oven to 350 degrees and begin rolling dough into 4 - 6 inch ropes. Roll white dough and red dough together, and twist together to make a candy cane shape. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 4 - 5 minutes. When you remove from the oven, let the cookies stay on the cookie sheet for several minutes to firm up. This will allow you to remove them without breaking the cookies. This recipe makes about 6 dozen cookies.
You can freeze these cookies, and take them out when you need them. Keep the candy canes separate from other cookies, otherwise all will taste like peppermint.
Warning: children often pick these cookies because of the color and shape, but they don't always like the peppermint taste.
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