Candy Cane Cookies

Total Time: 9 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
• 1/2 cup peppermint stick candy, crushed
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream together butter and shortening, sifted sugar and vanilla until smooth.
• 2 fold in egg and beat together.
• 3 sift together flour and salt and add to mixture.
• 4 divide dough in half and blend food colouring into one half.
• 5 roll 1 teaspoons of each colour dough into 5" strips on a lightly floured board.
• 6 lay a red and a strip side by side, press lightly together and roll and twist into rope form.
• 7 place on an ungreased cookie sheet with one end curved to form the handle.
• 8 bake in 375°f oven for 9 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 9 while still hot sprinkle with mixture of peppermint candy and granulated sugar.