CANDY CANE COOKIES

Name: CANDY CANE COOKIES
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
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

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By Betty Mitchell
@mitch64

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:

10 Min

Cook:

10 Min

Ingredients

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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
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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

Step-by-Step

COMBINE CANDY AND 1/3 CUP SUGAR IN A SMALL MIXING BOWL,MIXING WELL.SET ASIDE
CREAM SHORTING AND BUTTER IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL,GRADUALLY ADD 1 CUP SUGAR,BEATING UNTL LIGHT AND FLUFFY.
ADDEGGBEAT WELL, STIR IN IN FLAVORINGS.ADD FLOURAND SALT,MIX WELL.
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,
PLACE A TINTED AND A PLAIN ROLL SID BY SIDE,CAREFULLY TWIST TOGETHER,
COVER ONE END DOWN TO RESEMBLE A CAN REPEAT PROCEDURE WITH REMAING DOUGH,
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