Recipe - Lizs Christmas Candy Cane Cookies

1 cup Butter
1 cup Powdered sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Peppermint extract
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 One half cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Red food coloring

Mix together butter, sugar, egg, and extracts thoroughly. Stir in sifted
flour and salt. Divide dough in half. Blend red food coloring into one
half of the dough. Cover the two pieces of dough and refrigerate for 4
hours. Preheat oven to 375degrees. For each cookie, roll 1 teaspoon of
dough from each half back and forth on lightly floured surface into 4"
rope. Place 1 red and 1 white rope side by side; press together lightly
and twist. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and curve down top of rope to
form handle of cane. Bake 9 minutes. Watch closely, as they have a
tendanacy to brown quickly.
Posted on Prodigy DESSERTS & SWEETS on 12/01 8:13 AM by LIZ JONES
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