candy cane cookies. Place on ungreased cookie sheet; curve top of cookie down to form handle of cane. Blend red food coloring into one half. Place strips side by side and press lightly together and twist like a rope. Curve top of rope down to look like the handle of a candy cane. These festive candy cane cookies have a rich almond flavor and a pretty sprinkling of peppermint.
Their candy cane shape makes them especially appealing. —Tammy Schenk, Harlowton, Montana Candy Cane Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home This Candy Cane Cookie dough is a simple sugar cookie dough, which is divided in half.
One half of the dough is left as the original cookie dough color, but the other half is tinted with red food coloring gel.
It is VERY IMPORTANT that you use gel food coloring and that you do not use liquid food coloring.
You can cook candy cane cookies using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of candy cane cookies
- Prepare 1 can of refrigerated sugar cookie dough.
- Prepare 1 tsp of peppermint extract.
- Prepare 1 tsp of red food coloring.
- You need 8 tbsp of flour.
The sugar sticks to the cookie because of the wash and makes the finished product more enticing than the average candy cane cookie. Lift carefully to cookie sheet and form a hooked candy cane handle. When you pull the cookie sheet out of the oven, sprinkle sugar over the tops of each candy cane. In a bowl, combine sugar cookie mix, melted butter, egg, cream cheese, and flour; mix together to form dough.
candy cane cookies step by step
- preheat oven to 350.
- in large bowl beat cookie dough, flour, and extract until smooth.
- divide dough in half. mix food coloring with half of dough.
- shape red and white dough into candy canes.
- bake for 10 min..
Transfer the twisted ropes to the baking sheets and gently "hook" the top to create a candy cane shape. Curve top down to form handle of a candy cane. While the cookies are baking, put peppermint candies in a resealable plastic bag and. In a large bowl, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla extract. beat until smooth. This Candy Cane Cookie Recipe uses everyday ingredients to make soft, chewy and delicious cookies.