shaziya'srecipes: Candy cane cookies recipe

I enjoy baking cookies at home every time and like to try new variety of cookies. But I really enjoyed while making these cookies. Mining candy cane cookies is so much of fun. They looks so pretty and beautiful. The easy part of these cookies are you can easily bake these cookies with very easily available ingredients. I made them couple of days back and They turned out so perfect. My daughter's were really surprised by seeing these cookies. I used my short bread cookie dough recipe to make these cookies. I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

My one cup measures 200ml

Makes : 10 to 12 cookies

Ingredients :

Butter : 120 grams (unsalted)

All purpose flour/maida : 200 grams(2 cups)

Small egg : 1

Vanilla essence /almond extract : 1 tea spoon

Pinch of salt

Powdered sugar : 3/4 cup

Few drops of red food colour

Method :

Take butter and sugar in a bowl whisk until mixture becomes lite and fluffy.

Now add an egg and whisk it for few minutes, then add vanilla essence and mix it well.

Now add flour and mix it well and form a dough.

Now divide this dough into two equal portions, add colour to one portion of dough and mix it well.

Now take both dough in cling wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Now take chilled dough and divide them into small balls and roll them into small rope.

Now take both colour ropes and bring them together and twist it as shown in the pic and give it a cane shape.

Preheat oven for 10 minutes in 180 degrees Celsius.

Now arrange them in a baking tray and bake them for 17 to 20 minutes in 180 degrees Celsius.

Now let them cool completely and serve.