Candy Cane Cookies
1 cup sugar1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 egg
3 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp red food color
2 T finely crushed peppermint candies
2 T sugar
Stir together 1 cup sugar, the butter, milk, vanilla, peppermint extract and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Divide dough in half. Stir food color into 1 half. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
Heat oven to 375ºF.
Stir together peppermint candy and 2 tablespoon sugar; set aside.
For each candy cane, shape 1 rounded teaspoon dough from each half into 4-inch rope by rolling back and forth on floured surface. Place 1 red and white rope side by side; press together lightly and twist. Place on ungreased cookie sheet; curve top of cookie down to form handle of cane.
Bake 9 minutes or until set and very light brown. Immediately sprinkle candy mixture over cookies. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Makes 3 dozen.
This recipe is from http://bettycrocker.com/.* I wanted to make these cookies because they looked festive and not overly difficult.... BUT it was SO time consuming to make them. Maybe I am just not that great at rolling cookie dough into ropes - but this was very tedious. I will likely NOT make them again... unless I someday have a child who is obsessed with rolling out dough into ropes. :) Also, I didn't have the peppermint extract - so that is why they probably didn't taste that amazing.
Rating: Jeremy 2.5 - Kendra 2
