A Christmas Cookie Tradition
Candy Cane Cookies are a tradition in my family. My mom would always make cookie plates for friends and neighbors, these candy canes were featured on the plates, and they were always one of my favorite cookies. Something about the whimsical shape, or maybe the swirl. They also taste so good. These cookies look precious on top of or hanging off the edge of a big mug of hot cocoa. They taste good dipped in, too!
Butter and shortening – adding shortening helps the cookies not to spread because it has a higher melting point Confectioners’ sugar – creamed with butter and sugar, this is the base of your cookie dough 1 egg – A room temperature egg yields better results when mixing because a room temperature egg will more easily mix into the batter Almond extract and vanilla extract All purpose flour and sea salt – added to a separate bowl, this will be mixed in slowly Red food coloring – added to half of the dough Sugar – sprinkle on the warm cookies Crushed peppermint candies – optional, but adds a great flavor and texture
A green twist – Substitute green food coloring for either half of the dough for a different twist on the classic. Add a little chocolate – Add finely chopped white chocolate peppermint bark to the plain white dough portion for a more decadent cookie.
Step 1: Take a teaspoon of dough from the red dough and the white dough. Step 2: Roll out 2 ropes about 4 inches long each. Step 3: Place the two ropes next to each other, side by side. Step 4: Twist the ropes two or three times together. Step 5: Curve the top portion of the combined ropes to make a hook.
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