Awesome Candy Cane Christmas Cookies
These turned out perfect—crushed candy canes make them nice and crispy on the outside, with a soft melt-in-the-mouth explosion on the inside. I was really impressed a bit like shortbread with a minty twist.
Yield
48 servingsPrep
15 minCook
15 minReady
2 hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
butter
softened |
|
| 1 | cup | powdered sugar |
|
| 1 | large | eggs |
|
| ½ | teaspoon | mint extract |
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|
| ½ | teaspoon | vanilla extract |
|
| 2 ½ | cups | all-purpose flour |
|
| ¼ | teaspoon | salt |
|
| 1 | cup |
candy canes
finely crushed |
* |
| 3 | tablespoons |
sugar
granulated |
|
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375℉ (190℃).
Cream the butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy in a large bowl beaten on medium speed with an electric.
Add the egg, peppermint, and vanilla extracts and beat until well blended.
Gradually add the flour and salt; mix well.
Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
Coat two baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
Mix well with the crushed candy canes and granulated sugar in a shallow bowl.
Shape the chilled dough into 1-inch balls then roll each ball in the candy cane mixture; place on the baking sheets and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until browned.
Immediately remove from the baking sheets and place on wire racks to cool.
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| Another Candy Cane Christmas Cookie (shaped like a candy cane) | over 13 years ago |
These cookies are yummy, my kids could not stop eating them, they were so handy and the flavor was just soooo good.
These look wonderful and a very much needed spin on similar cookies I make for Christmas each year. Thank you so much for sharing.
i hope they turn out well :), i am making them for my Social Studies Class:)
We actually made these cookies last Christmas, and we brought them to our Christmas Eve dinner at friends' home, everybody loved these cookies; hopefully people you are making for will enjoy them too, Merry Christmas :)
So nice biscuit and superb recipe...