Candy Stripe Twist Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon anise oil
• 1/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 sift together and set aside the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• 2 cream butter and sugar til fluffy.
• 3 beat in egg and oil of anise.
• 4 sift in dry ingredients a third at a time, alternately adding with milk.
• 5 stir until well blended.
• 6 divide dough in half and tint one half pink.
• 7 pinch off 1 tsp each of pink and dough and roll each into a pencil-thin strip about 5 inches long on a lightly floured board.
• 8 place strips side by side, pressing ends together, then twist gently into a rope.
• 9 shape into candy canes if desired, or leave straight for old-fashioned peppermint stick look.
• 10 bake 1 inch apart at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, or until firm.
• 11 cool on wire racks, then store between layers of waxed paper in cookie tin.