Candy Cane Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond flavoring or 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy
• 1/2 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f
• 2 mix butter sugar, egg, and flavorings thoroughly. add flour and salt; mix well.
• 3 shape dough into a disk and wrap with plastic wrap; chill for at least 2 hours or until easy to handle.
• 4 roll into 4 inch strips; place on baking sheet. curve top down to form handle or cane.
• 5 bake 9 minutes. while still warm, remove from pan and sprinkle with candy and sugar mixture.
• 6 dough may be divided in half and colored with 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring if desired. roll each color into strips, place side by side, press together lightly and twist like a rope.