Candy Cane Cookies

Candy cane cookies are festive twisted cookies made with red and white dough. Kids love rolling the dough ropes together and shaping the candy canes.

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Bake Time: 7-9 minutes
Yield: About 2 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon red food coloring

Directions

1. Cream butter, sugar, powdered sugar, egg, almond extract, and vanilla together.
2. Add flour and salt.
3. Divide dough into two portions.
4. Add red food coloring to one half.
5. Roll small ropes from each color.
6. Twist one red and one white rope together.
7. Curve tops into candy cane shapes.
8. Bake at 375 degrees F for 7-9 minutes.

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