1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sifted confectioners sugar
1 egg
1-1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring OR 3/4 teaspoon peppermint flavoring
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy
1/2 cup white sugar
Preheat oven to 375 F. Mix butter sugar, egg, and flavorings thoroughly. Add flour and salt, Mix well. Shape dough into a disk and wrap with plastic wrap; chill for at least 2 hours or until easy to handle. Roll into 4 inch strips; place on baking sheet. Curve top down to form handle or cane. Bake 9 minutes. While still warm, remove from pan and sprinkle with candy and sugar mixture.
Dough may be divided in half and colored with 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring if desired. Roll each color into strips, place side by side, press together lightly and twist like a rope.
Aussie loving cookies in Australia Dec 14, 2008
Would make this again.
After watching a 12 days of cookies show, I had to find a recipe for Candy Cane cookies. This recipe was easy to adapt to Aussie cooking and was an instant hit in my home and will now be a tradition. I am sending recipe to my friend in Seattle so we can do something together.
A cookie baker Dec 13, 2008
Would make this again.
YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Neenie_B in Southwest Missouri Dec 9, 2008
Would make this again.
These are one of my top favorite Christmas cookies. I have baking them for 30 years. They disappear fast in our home.
A cookie baker in illinois Nov 26, 2008
Would make this again.
these are a family tradition. msde them with my mom for years. they are the best cookie for the christmas season.thank you
Dec 19, 2007
Would make this again.
This was wonderful!
