Fun as well as festive Candy Cane Cookies ii colors of almond carbohydrate cookie dough twisted together, sprinkled alongside crushed candy canes as well as sugar. They're a treasured solid unit of measurement Christmas tradition, for sure!
I promise y'all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I certain did ... spent nice, relaxing fourth dimension alongside my parents as well as Mark's Mom ... as well as didn't fifty-fifty THINK virtually going out for 'Black Friday' shopping. Nope. No way. No how.
Shopping the hateful solar daytime after Christmas? Yup ... it's a tradition for Mom as well as me. 'Black Friday?' ... non hence much.
Mom as well as I stayed habitation as well as made these candy cane cookies instead ... our picayune 'Black Friday' project!
We used to brand these candy cane cookies every twelvemonth at Christmastime when I was growing up. It was a corking in-the-kitchen solid unit of measurement project, though Mom says my blood brother as well as I used to surrender after assembling virtually ii cookies ... leaving her to create most of the work. Hmmmmm ... I don't look to hollo upward that.
Two colors of almond carbohydrate cookie dough twisted together, sprinkled alongside crushed candy canes as well as sugar. They're a treasured solid unit of measurement Christmas tradition, for sure!
Not at all sayin' that that happened ... but if it did ... it may convey been ... simply may convey been ... that Mom's candy cane cookies were ever hence much prettier than ours. And isn't it prissy to convey an entire batch of pretty candy canes? Apparently nosotros may convey idea that.
We hadn't made these candy cane cookies together since I was inwards high schoolhouse ... which, I abhor to say, was virtually 25 years ago.
So, when Mom as well as I decided to brand them this weekend, the exam was on!
Had I improved? Could I at nowadays brand candy canes every bit pretty every bit Mom's??
Well, yes! I'm pleased to study that my candy cane cookie-making skills convey greatly improved! I estimate some things simply come upward alongside age.
We had a prissy afternoon together getting our Christmas baking started. And I must say, nosotros had totally forgotten how totally tasty these cookies are! Almond extract gives them a genuinely wonderful season that goes surprisingly fabulously alongside the peppermint sprinkle on top.
So non exclusively are these candy cane cookies pretty to await at, they're darn tasty too. Ahhhhh, making them brought dorsum corking memories.
And here's how y'all tin brand your real own.
Almond extract gives them a genuinely wonderful season that goes surprisingly fabulously alongside the peppermint sprinkle on top.
Start past times getting the peppermint sprinkle topping together.
Crush some candy canes or peppermint candies. I constitute using mini candy canes was quite handy ... y'all tin musical rhythm them correct inwards their picayune private packets as well as and hence simply cutting opened upward the laissez passer on as well as pour the crushed pieces into a bowl.
Easy as well as neat. Love that.
Mix the crushed candy canes alongside granulated sugar, as well as laid this aside for later.
Mix upward some yummy dough ... as well as separate it into ii equal portions. Add ruddy nutrient coloring to 1 component subdivision ...
... as well as mix it upward actually well.
Now you've got ruddy dough as well as white dough ... simply perfect for making cute picayune candy canes.
Take virtually a 1" ball of dough of each color ...
... as well as usage the palm of your manus to ringlet it out into virtually a 4"-long rope.
When y'all convey a rope of each color, lay them side-by-side as well as gently press them together a bit.
Then twist them together ...
... hence they await virtually similar this. Very gently ringlet the twisted dough alongside the palm of your manus to 'smooth' the twists out a tiny bit.
Place your twist on an ungreased cookie canvas as well as flexure the laissez passer on to await similar a candy cane shape.
See? Your candy cane cookies should await virtually similar this ...
Pop them inwards the oven for a bit, as well as when they come upward out at nowadays sprinkle each cookie alongside peppermint sprinkle topping. We highly recommend placing wax newspaper ... or something similar ... nether the cooling rack to grab the spill-over sprinkle.
The topping volition form of melt onto the cookies, giving them a yummy pepperminty crunch that pairs wonderfully alongside the almond-flavored dough.
Let these beauties cool, as well as enjoy.
Thanks for an afternoon of corking memories, Mom! I'm hence glad I tin at nowadays brand Candy Cane Cookies every bit pretty every bit yours.
Thank y'all for stopping past times . We'd dearest to convey y'all dorsum soon!
Yield: about 2 dozen cookies
Candy Cane Cookies
Fun as well as festive Candy Cane Cookies ii colors of almond carbohydrate cookie dough twisted together, sprinkled alongside crushed candy canes as well as sugar. They're a treasured solid unit of measurement Christmas tradition, for sure!
prep time: 45 Mcook time: ix Mtotal time: 54 M
ingredients:
- 1/2 c. shortening {such every bit Crisco}
- 1/2 c. unsalted butter
- 1 c. confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp. almond extract
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. ruddy nutrient coloring
- 1/2 c. crushed peppermint candy or candy canes (about xx mini candy canes or 8 regular-sized)
- 1/2 c. granulated sugar
instructions:
How to gear upward Candy Cane Cookies
For the Peppermint Sprinkle Topping:
- Combine crushed candy canes as well as granulated sugar. Set aside.
For the cookies:
- Mix shortening, butter, as well as confectioners' carbohydrate until good combined. Add egg, almond extract, as well as vanilla extract; combine well. Mix inwards flour as well as salt.
- Divide dough into ii equal portions. Place 1 component subdivision inwards a bowl. Mix ruddy nutrient coloring into the remaining portion.
- Take virtually a 1" ball of each color of dough as well as ringlet each into a 4" strip. Lay the strips side-by-side as well as and hence twist together.
- Place on an ungreased cookie canvas as well as flexure the laissez passer on to brand the strips await similar a candy cane shape.
- Repeat alongside remaining dough.
- Bake at 375 degrees for six - ix minutes, until cookies are laid as well as simply barely initiative off to larn a chip of golden brownish on the bottom.
- Place wax newspaper nether a cooling rank. Carefully take hot cookies from the pan as well as house on the cooling rack.
- Immediately, acre cookies are yet hot, sprinkle generously alongside Peppermint Sprinkle Topping.
- Let cool on rack.
TRACEY'S NOTES
- There genuinely is no leavener inwards this recipe ... that's non a typo.
- DO NOT chill the dough. It's needs to live real soft as well as pliable to live able to ringlet as well as shape it into candy canes.
- It's of import to sprinkle the Peppermint Sprinkle Topping on the cookies at nowadays upon taking them out of the oven hence it volition stick as well as form of 'melt' onto the cookies. If the cookies convey cooled likewise much, it volition simply autumn off.
- These tin live made ahead as well as frozen. H5N1 unmarried layer industrial plant best ... or real gently house wax newspaper betwixt layers.
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