Candy Cane Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup peppermint candy cane, crushed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• red food coloring

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine butter, confectioner's sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla and beat until smooth. mix in flour and salt.
• 3 divide dough in half and dye one half red.
• 4 roll into 4" strips and place a red and a strip next to each other and twist them together like a candy cane. place baking sheet. curve top down to form a handle of cane.
• 5 bake in preheated oven for 9-10 minutes. mix together crushed candies and sugar. while still warm, remove from cookie sheet and sprinkle with candy mixture.