The recipe ingredients I'm using are from a butter recipe
since these are butter cookies. I'm changing it slightly because I'm
not using a cookie press or cutter but forming candy canes. Sounds
complicated, yes? It's really not. It's simply a matter of having red
food coloring. Trust me, it really is simple!
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
2 2/3 cups
all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
extract
Directions:
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the sugar mixture.
- Cover dough, and chill for at least one hour. Chill cookie sheets.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Press dough out onto ungreased, chilled cookie sheets.
- Separate dough into roughly 2 equal parts: add red food coloring to one half of dough and mix until at the desired red-ish color.
- Roll both halves of the dough into 2 separate long logs. Cut to the desired candy cane length, about 3” or so.
- Take one length from each color (red and uncolored) and twist together to make the candycane.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly golden at the edges. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
I don’t
think there’s anything in food coloring but take that into account, also.
Nutrition
Information
Servings Per Recipe:
36
Calories:
103
|
Amount Per Serving
·
Total
Fat: 5.3g
·
Cholesterol:
19mg
·
Sodium:
55mg
|
Amount Per Serving
·
Total
Carbs: 12.7g
·
Dietary
Fiber: 0.3g
·
Protein:
1.2g
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