Candy Cane Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
• 7 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• red food coloring or green food coloring

Recipe

• 1 cream together butter and sugar until smooth.
• 2 beat in egg, vanilla and peppermint extract.
• 3 stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
• 4 tint milk with either red or green food coloring.
• 5 alternately with milk (3 dry, 2 milk). until smooth and pliable.
• 6 cover and chill for 4 hours or until firm.
• 7 cut into 48 pieces.
• 8 with hands, gently roll one piece of each color into 4â€? rope. place side by side and twist together. put on cookie sheet and form cane.
• 9 bake at 375 f for 12-15 minutes.
• 10 notes: make 2 batches of dough for 48 cookies, one green, one red.