candy cane cookies

Name: CANDY CANE COOKIES
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Ingredients: 11/3 cup(s) finely crushed peppermint; 1/3 cup(s) sugar; 1/2 cup(s) shorting; 1/2 cup(s) butter or margine softened; 1 cup(s) sifted powered sugar; - egg lightly beaten; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon(s) almond extract; teaspoon(s) salt; 2 1/2 cup(s) flour; 1 teaspoon(s) red food coloring

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31 Pinches

Betty Mitchell

Arkoma, OK

Updated on Feb 25, 2013

MY DAUGTHER HANEDED DOWN THIS RECIPE TOO ME SHE MADE AT CHRISTMAS TIME IT WAS SO TASTY I MADE THEM FOR MY GRAND KIDS AND THEY LOVED THEM

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 10 Min

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Ingredients

11/3 cups finely crushed peppermint
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup shorting
1/2 cup butter or margine softened
1 cup sifted powered sugar
- egg lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon red food coloring

How To Make candy cane cookies

Step 1

COMBINE CANDY AND 1/3 CUP SUGAR IN A SMALL MIXING BOWL,MIXING WELL.SET ASIDE

Step 2

CREAM SHORTING AND BUTTER IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL,GRADUALLY ADD 1 CUP SUGAR,BEATING UNTL LIGHT AND FLUFFY.
Step 3

ADDEGGBEAT WELL, STIR IN IN FLAVORINGS.ADD FLOURAND SALT,MIX WELL.
Step 4

DEVIDE DOUGH IN HALFTINT HALF OF DOUGH WITH FOOD COLORING SHAPE TINTED AND PLAIN DOUGH BY TEASPOONSFULS INTO4 1/2 INCH ROLLS ON A LIGHTLY FLOURED SURFACE,
Step 5

PLACE A TINTED AND A PLAIN ROLL SID BY SIDE,CAREFULLY TWIST TOGETHER,
Step 6

COVER ONE END DOWN TO RESEMBLE A CAN REPEAT PROCEDURE WITH REMAING DOUGH,
Step 7

PLACE COOKIES ON UNGREASED COOKIE SHEET BAKE AT 350 DEGREES FOR TEN MINUTES REMOVE FROM COOKIE SHEET THEN COAT WITH RESERVED CANDY MIXTURE MAKES ABOUT 4 DOZEN
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