Divine Christmas Candy Cane Cookies

Divine Christmas Candy Cane Cookies

Divine Christmas Candy Cane Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 114 calories, 1g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe serves 15 and costs 15 cents per serving. It is perfect for Christmas. 4 people have tried and liked this recipe. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It is brought to you by Foodista. Head to the store and pick up vanillan extract, powdered sugar, food coloring, and a few other things to make it today. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 10%. This score is rather bad. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Divine Christmas Candy Cane Cookies, Christmas Candy Cane Cookies, and Christmas Candy Cane Cookies.

Ingredients

You need the ingredients below to cook it

  • all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

    1/4 cups all purpose flour

    160 grams

  • egg yolk

    egg yolk

    egg yolk

    1 large

  • food coloring

    food coloring

    food coloring

    0.25 teaspoons

  • peppermint extract

    peppermint extract

    pure peppermint extract

    0.5 teaspoons

  • powdered sugar

    powdered sugar

    1/2 cup powdered sugar

    60 grams

  • butter

    butter

    1/2 cup unsalted butter

    115 grams

  • vanilla extract

    vanilla extract

    pure vanilla extract

    1 teaspoon

Instructions

Let's follow the instructions for cooking it

  1. Cream butter, add sugar and beat again. Add in egg yolk and vanilla and peppermint extract and stir to combine.
  2. Add in flour in 2 additions (meaning fist add half flour, stir well, then add the other half). Mix until you get a firm and smooth dough. Divide the dough into 2 balls. To one ball add a few drops of food coloring.
  3. Wrap dough balls in plastic paper and refrigerate for about 30 min.
  4. After 30 min, take a walnut sized piece of red (/pink) and a walnut sized piece of white dough and roll each color on a lightly floured surface into a 10-12 cm long rope. Place the 2 ropes side by side and gently twist them together pressing a bit to form a spiral. Shape by bending one end into a hook.
  5. Line cookies on a baking paper about 2 cm apart from each other
  6. Bake at 180 C for about 10 min or until the edges of the cookies start browning.
  7. Let cookies cool down completely on a wire rack