CANDY CANE COOKIES
By
Betty Mitchell
@mitch64
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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
SHE MADE AT CHRISTMAS TIME IT WAS SO TASTY I MADE THEM FOR MY GRAND KIDS AND THEY LOVED THEM
Ingredients
- 11/3 c
- finely crushed peppermint
- 1/3 c
- sugar
- 1/2 c
- shorting
- 1/2 c
- butter or margine softened
- 1 c
- sifted powered sugar
- egg lightly beaten
- 1 tsp
- vanilla extract
- 1 tsp
- almond extract
- tsp
- salt
- 2 1/2 c
- flour
- 1 tsp
- red food coloring
How to Make CANDY CANE COOKIES
- 1COMBINE CANDY AND 1/3 CUP SUGAR IN A SMALL MIXING BOWL,MIXING WELL.SET ASIDE
- 2CREAM SHORTING AND BUTTER IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL,GRADUALLY ADD 1 CUP SUGAR,BEATING UNTL LIGHT AND FLUFFY.
- 3ADDEGGBEAT WELL, STIR IN IN FLAVORINGS.ADD FLOURAND SALT,MIX WELL.
- 4DEVIDE 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,
- 5PLACE A TINTED AND A PLAIN ROLL SID BY SIDE,CAREFULLY TWIST TOGETHER,
- 6COVER ONE END DOWN TO RESEMBLE A CAN REPEAT PROCEDURE WITH REMAING DOUGH,
- 7PLACE 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
