Candy Cane Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup finely crushed candy cane, mixed with
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients. split dough into equal portions.
• 2 color one portion of the dough red. refrigerate the dough long enough to be able to easily work with it.
• 3 break off one piece (approx. one teaspoon of each color) and roll by hand into four to five inch tubes.
• 4 twist the two pieces together and bend forming a candy cane.
• 5 sprinkle the top with the candy cane/sugar mixture. be careful when removing from the cookie sheet, they will break easily.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 6-9 minutes.