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Ingredients
| salted butter: 1/2 cup |
| granulated sugar: 1 1/2 cups |
| eggs: 1 |
| lemon peel: 1 tsp |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| 2% milk: 1/4 cup |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 3/4 cups |
| baking powder: 1 Tbl |
| salt: 1 tsp |
| ground cinnamon: 3/4 tsp |
| whole nutmeg: 1/8 tsp |
Candy Cane Cookies
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
20 min -
Cook Time
30 min -
Servings
24 serving(s)
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- Cream the butter and sugar till fluffy.
- Beat in the egg, lemon rind, and vanilla.
- Add the milk alternately with the dry ingredients.
- Put one-half of the dough in a medium bowl and add a few drops of red food coloring till color desired; leave the other white.
- Roll strips, one of each color, the size of a pencil and about 5" long.
- Put them side by side.
- Pinch together and twist into a rope and shape into a candy cane.
- Place 1" apart on ungreased sheet.
- Bake 350 degrees for 10 minutes.