Candy Cane Cookies

Total Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract (you can use mix of mint/peppermint extract; i've used it on occasion and it tastes great!)
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• food coloring

Recipe

• 1 mix first six ingredients together, beating well.
• 2 add flour, baking powder and salt.
• 3 mix well.
• 4 divide dough in two portions.
• 5 add colour to one portion.
• 6 blend well.
• 7 take a bit of dough from coloured and from not coloured.
• 8 squish together so it blends a bit together (think candy cane).
• 9 roll into snake like shape and either make into wreath or into candy cane.
• 10 bake in oven- 300 degrees f for about 8 minutes or until lightly browned.