Candy Cane Cookies (Or Cutouts!)

Name: Candy Cane Cookies (Or Cutouts!)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 24 min
Yield: 24-36 cookies, depending on size
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 egg; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 1/2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring

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Recipe by Lizzymommy

My best friend in college gave me this recipe from her mom's collection. They're wonderful as written, however, add a little extra flour to the dough, skip tinting half red, and you have the most delicious sugar cookie dough for cookie cutouts I've ever had! I've used this dough for Xmas Cutouts for over a decade now. I use the icing from Recipe #261889.

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READY IN: 24mins

YIELD: 24-36 cookies, depending on size

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup butter
1

cup powdered sugar
1

egg
¹⁄₂

teaspoon almond extract
1

teaspoon vanilla
2 ¹⁄₂

cups flour
1

teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂

teaspoon red food coloring

DIRECTIONS

Beat together butter, powdered sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla.
Mix together flour and salt, and add to the wet ingredients, stirring until well-combined.
Divide dough in half. Add red food coloring to half the dough. Roll even logs 1/2" wide of red dough, then white dough. Twist together and bend top to form cane shape.
Bake on ungreased sheet for 9 minute at 375 deg. Can be sprinkled with a crushed candy cane and sugar mixture while still warm.

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