Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies.
You can have Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies using 11 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies
- It's 1/3 cup of butter.
- It's 1/3 cup of shortening.
- It's 3/4 cup of sugar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
- Prepare 1 dash of salt.
- Prepare 1 of egg.
- You need 1 tbsp of milk.
- It's 1/2 tsp of vanilla.
- You need 1/2 tsp of peppermint extract.
- It's 2 cup of all purpose flour.
- It's 1 of red paste food coloring.
Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies step by step
- Beat butter and shortening in a medium mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add the 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt beat till combined scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
- Beat egg, milk vanilla and extract till combined.
- Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer..
- Stir in remaining flour with a wooden spoon..
- Remove 1/4th of the dough; color it with red paste food coloring..
- Divide remaining dough in half; color one portion pink and leave last portion plain..
- If necessary, cover and chill dough for 30 to 60 minutes or till easy to handle.
- Divide each portion into six pieces. Roll each piece into a 12 inch long rope. The red rope will be smaller in diameter..
- Lay ropes side by side on a lightly floured surface, alternating colors..
- Roll ropes with a rolling pin into a 14x9 inch rectangle about 1/4 inch thick..
- Using a pizza wheel or long knife cut the rectangle diagonally into 1/2 inch wide strips..
- Cut strips into pieces 5 to 7 inches long. Press ends of shorter strips together to make a strip of desired length..
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Curve each piece to form candy cane..
- Sprinkle each cane with sugar..
- Bake in 375°F oven for 7 to 8 minutes or till edges are firm and bottoms are lightly browned..
- Transfer to wire racks; cool.