My family makes these Candy Cane Cookies every Christmas. They are so yummy, but they don’t taste at all like candy canes. Instead, they are made with the delicious taste of almond and vanilla extracts. If you are adventurous, they are fun to make with your kids because they can play with the dough when you are making candy canes. Since I made these for Christmas Day, I chose to bake them while my daughters were at school.
Candy Cane Cookies
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix thoroughly butter, shortening, confectioners’ sugar, egg and flavorings. Blend in the flour, which has been sifted with the salt. Divide in half; blend food color into one half.
Shape on teaspoon dough from each half into a four inch rope; roll them back and forth on lightly floured board. Place ropes side by side; press together lightly and twist. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Curve top down to form handle of cane.
Bake about 9-11 minutes or until set and very light brown.
Happy baking!
Thanks for linking these up to my Christmas link-up on Fibro, Fit and Fab! I've always thought these were a fun and festive cookie! 🙂
Have a very Merry Christmas,Ginny, blogger-style and otherwise! 🙂
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These are adorable, Ginny Marie! I love how you step-by-stepped your pictures because it makes me feel like I could do these…maybe. They are so cute, it's worth a try!!
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Of course you can make them! Even with the flour sifting! 😉
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Lucy and I made them today! They came out great! (well, she did all the twisting herself so they were 9yo looking candy canes, but they were fun) And they taste great, too! I never would have tried if I didn't have all your pictures! 🙂 Thanks so much for this post!!
That is awesome! Thanks for coming back to tell me about it…that makes my day! I'm so glad you tried them, and that you also worked in some quality time with your daughter…I didn't have the patience to make them with my daughters!
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Thanks for sharing your recipe. The candy canes look so cute. I love that the ingredient list is short and sweet. I'm definitley going to have to make these next year.
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I know what you mean! I don't like long ingredient lists!
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Yum!
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I added 2 cookie recipes for you, Ginny.
1. Chocolate Chip Cookies (Soy, Fish and Nut-Free, Can Be Milk-Free)
2. Reindeer Cookies (Soy and Fish-Free, Can Be Milk, Egg, Nut and Wheat-Free)
Thanks for hosting! 🙂 This is a wonderful idea!
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Thank you so much for adding your links, Julie!
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You're welcome! 🙂 I hope you get lots of link-ups! 🙂
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So cute, and great how-to pics! We made mocha chip cookies last night, but I doubt they'll make it to my husband's family this weekend. We're leaving today, so have a great weekend!!!!
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Have fun with your in-laws, Bee!
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These look so cute! I love them and candy canes! Thanks for sharing!!! "Merry Christmas, Blogger-Style!"
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Thank you! Merry Christmas!
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Those are so cute!
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I haven't made those in years. They are very good. I haven't baked yet so I don't have a post to link.
Merry Christmas!
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We tried making cookies similar to this on Sunday and had a terrible time rolling them. Your recipe looks slightly different than ours. We used one with peppermint extract. Maybe we'll try your version some time since ours didn't work out so well.
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I just had a taste of your cookies last night. Even though you had trouble rolling them, they taste delicious!
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Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!
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