Candy Cane Cookies Recipe

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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.

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