Spread the Joy!
As soon as i saw this video on youtube, i know i have to give it a try. It is such a cute cookie to try but taste so delicious and pretty easy to make as well.
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These cookies make a great holiday treat as well as a great christmas present. You can put them in small plastic cover, tie them with a ribbon and you are good to go..
The original recipe calls for mint extract, but i couldn’t find that in my place. So i used regular vanilla and it worked just fine. If you have peppermint extract on hand feel free to add few drops of it in.
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Chilling Time : 2 hours
Baking Time : 10 to 15 mins
Makes : 24 cookies
Recipe Source: Laura in the kitchen
Ingredients:
Soft Unsalted Butter – 3/4 cup / 170 grams
Sugar – 1 cup / 200 grams
Vanilla Essence – 2 tsp
Eggs – 2
All Purpose Flour / Maida – 3 cups / 360 grams
Baking Powder – 1/2 tsp
Salt – 1/4 tsp
Red Food Colouring as needed
(My 1 cup measures 240 ml)
Method:
Take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whip till creamy. Now add in one egg at a time and whip till fluffy.
Add in flour, baking powder and salt and whip again till it is mixed into a soft dough.
Divide the dough into half. Wrap one half in plastic wrap.
To the other half of the dough, add in few drops of red food colour and knead well till it is evenly mixed. Now wrap this in plastic and chill this for couple of hours.
Once the dough is chilled. roll it into a log shape and divide it into equal portions.
Now preheat oven to 180 degree C.
Take two portion from it and roll it into a thin rope, lay them side by side, pinching both ends and twist them lightly.
Now shape this into candy cane shape and arrange it in a parchment lined baking tray.
Bake for 10 to 12 mins. If your candy cane is big it may take upto 15 mins.
Now remove it from oven and cool it down completely.
Now store this in a air tight container.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take soft butter in a bowl |
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| add in sugar |
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| add in vanilla |
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| use a beater to whip this up |
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| now it is well creamed |
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| add in one egg at a time |
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| whip well |
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| add another egg |
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| whip till creamy |
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| add in flour |
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| add in baking powder and salt |
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| mix well |
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| make it into a soft dough |
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| divide it into equal portions |
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| spread a sheet of plastic wrap |
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| place the dough in |
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| wrap it well |
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| to the other half of the dough |
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| add in red colour |
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| add as much as you want |
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| knead well |
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| wrap this in plastic |
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| chill this for couple of hours |
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| once it is cold, remove from fridge..At this time preheat oven to 180 degree C. |
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| unwrap it |
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| divide it into equal portions |
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| take each ball |
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| roll it like a thin log |
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| like this |
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| bring them side by side and pinch them well |
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| now twist it like this |
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| then like this |
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| then like this |
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| twist till it is well rolled |
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| shape it like a candy cane |
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| how cute it looks |
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| arrange it in a baking tray |
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| bake for 10 to 15 mins depending on the size |
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| Cool it completely |
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| Store in a air tight container.. |
Spread the Joy!
This Candy cookies looks so mouthwatering and perfect for kids…
These are super cute cookies Aarthi! I can't wait to try them. Thanks for the great photos and instructions as always. 🙂
So simple and yummy recipe. I would suggest to avoid artificial colors anyway.