Candy Cane Cookies

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.

Note: Reviewers: please help us out and let us know how many cookies this recipe yields. Thanks!

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  A cookie baker  Feb 3, 2010
Would make this again.
it is yummy!!!!!!!!( munch munch) five stars

  baking for party in edmonton  Dec 16, 2009
Would make this again.
These cookies are amazing, I to made them with my mother for years and now I'm going to try making them myself for my party and surprise her.

Thanks. five stars

  A cookie baker  Dec 14, 2009
Would not make this again.
I baked my cookies for 7 minutes and normally my oven is right on but my cookies were hard out of the oven and the mixture wouldn't stick. The flavor was dull and not sweet enough. I refrigerated the dough for about 4 hours and it was still very hard for me to shape the cookies. Having said that, once I got them twisted together and shaped, they were absolutely adorable, just not tasty or easily made. I will try to make candy cane cookies again but it will be with different recipe. one star

  A cookie baker  Dec 14, 2009
Would not make this again.
We really looked forward to making these but were completely disappointed. Not a single one of my 6 member family liked them because they weren't sweet enough and didn't have much flavor. one star

  A cookie baker in canada  Dec 6, 2009
Would make this again.
awesome recipie!! five stars

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