Candy Canes
There's no mistaking these festively shaped cookies. Decorated with red and green food coloring, these kid-favorites will brighten up your holiday table.
Ingredients
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1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
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Pinch salt
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1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
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1/2 cup sugar
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1 egg yolk
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Royal Icing (see recipe on www.parents.com)
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Red and green food coloring
Directions
1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. In small bowl, combine flour and salt.
2.
In large bowl, beat butter, sugar and egg yolk until smooth. Beat in vanilla; stir in flour mixture. Flatten dough into a disk; Refrigerate 1 hour.
3.
Roll 2 teaspoons dough into 6-inch rope. Transfer to nonstick baking sheet; curve into candy cane shape. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 minutes. Cool on pan 1 minute, then carefully transfer to rack with a thin metal spatula.
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Prepare Royal Icing. Remove 1/2 cup thicker icing to a small bowl and tint red; remove 1/2 cup thicker icing to a small bowl and tint green. Use a small clean brush to "paint" thinned white icing over cookies. Let dry. Transfer colored icings to two pastry bags fitted with small round tips. Pipe lines on cookies; let dry.
Nutrition information
Calories 97, Total Fat 3 g, Saturated Fat 2 g, Carbohydrate 16 g.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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