Description
Delicious holiday cookies shaped like candy canes with a peppermint flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
- Red food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Cream butter and powdered sugar together.
- Add egg and vanilla extract, mix well.
- Stir in flour and salt until dough forms.
- Divide dough in half.
- Add peppermint extract to one half.
- Add red food coloring to the other half.
- Roll small pieces of each dough into ropes.
- Twist ropes together and shape into candy canes.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Notes
- Chill dough for easier handling.
- Store in an airtight container.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 40mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
Keywords: holiday cookies, peppermint, candy cane cookies, Christmas baking