Divine Christmas Candy Cane Cookies

Divine Christmas Candy Cane Cookies

Divine Christmas Candy Cane Cookies

45 minutes

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Details
  • Serving Size:   15
  • Vegetarian:   True
  • Weight Watchers:   4 Points
Cuisine
  • dessert
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Ingredients
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour (160 g)
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1/4 teaspoon food coloring
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure peppermint extract
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar (60 g)
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter (115 g)
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions

Cream butter, add sugar and beat again.

Add in egg yolk and vanilla and peppermint extract and stir to combine.

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.Wrap dough balls in plastic paper and refrigerate for about 30 min.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.Line cookies on a baking paper about 2 cm apart from each other

Bake at 180 C for about 10 min or until the edges of the cookies start browning.

Let cookies cool down completely on a wire rack

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