Candy Cane Cookies have a classic peppermint taste, a drizzle of a sweet vanilla glaze, and topped with Christmas sprinkles. Perfect for your holiday cookie trays.
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Day four of #ChristmasCookies week where more than 25 bloggers are sharing cookie recipes perfect for your holiday celebrations. Hosted by Ellen from Family Around the Table, Christie from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures and Heather from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks, we invite you to not only check out the recipes but enter the amazing giveaway. Follow the hashtag so you don’t miss a single one of them. There will also be a list at the end of the posts with links to that day’s recipes links.
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Here’s what I shared Monday, White Chocolate Cranberry Crinkle Cookies, and Wednesday these Italian Christmas Cookies were so delicious and soft.
Today, it’s a candy cane cookie recipe that will have peppermint lovers swooning over. Sugar cookie dough infused with peppermint and vanilla extracts and shaped into cute candy cane shapes. If you’re a peppermint lover, then you must try this Peppermint Biscotti and these Chocolate Chip Peppermint Crunch Cookies.
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For this recipe I used an Anolon baking sheet which is non-stick and has those wonderful silicone grip handles. I also used Adams Best vanilla extract and if you haven’t tried their brand, I highly encourage you to give it a go. Sweets & Treats Boutique provided me with the Christmas colored sugar crystals to decorate the candy cane cookies.
How to Make Candy Cane Cookies
It’s been quite awhile since I made these cookies, in fact the last time I made them was when my two girls were young and loved helping me make them. They would shape the dough, glaze them, and decorate the cookies with their favorite Christmas sprinkles. I didn’t have their assistance this go-round, but I still enjoyed making them.
As I do with most of my baking recipes, I combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and set them aside. In this case, it’s the 3 cups of flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
In a large bowl of a stand mixer, cream together 2 sticks of softened butter with 1 cup powdered sugar until creamy and fluffy. Add one egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla, one teaspoon, and peppermint extract. Blend well.
Slowly add the flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Divide the dough in half and place one half in another bowl. Mix in 3/4 teaspoon of red food coloring into one half of the dough. I found it was easier to use a plastic glove to do this so you don’t stain your hands and the dye will be mixed into the dough better.
Shape both halves of dough into flat discs and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill in refrigerator for at least an hour. Can be chilled longer or even overnight.
When you are ready to make the cookies, preheat oven to 375 degrees and grab a nonstick baking sheet or cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
Take a little of each of the doughs (about one tablespoon each), roll into a rope about 6 inches long. Place one white and one red rope beside each other and then twist the dough together to form a candy cane shape. Place onto prepared baking sheet.
Bake the candy cane cookies for 10-12 minutes, or until the bottoms of the cookies are light brown. Remove from oven and place cookies onto wire rack to cool.
While the cookies are cooling, gather your ingredients for the glaze. You’ll need one cup of powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract, and 1 – 2 tablespoons of milk. Whisk together in a small bowl.
Once the cookies are cooled, dip the tops of the cookies into the glaze and place back on wire rack so excess can drip off. Decorate with Christmas colored sugar crystals.
Candy Cane Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 3/4 teaspoon red food coloring
For the peppermint glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 - 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- As I do with most of my baking recipes, I combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and set them aside. In this case, it's the 3 cups of flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- In a large bowl of a stand mixer, cream together 2 sticks of softened butter with 1 cup powdered sugar until creamy and fluffy.
- Add one egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 teaspoon peppermint extract. Blend well.
- Slowly add the flour mixture, mixing well after each addition.
- Divide the dough in half and place one half in another bowl. Mix in 3/4 teaspoon of red food coloring into one half of the dough. I found it was easier to use a plastic glove to do this so you don't stain your hands and the dye will be mixed into the dough better.
- Shape both halves of dough into flat discs and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill in refrigerator for at least an hour. Can be chilled longer or even overnight.
- When you are ready to make the cookies, preheat oven to 375 degrees and grab a nonstick baking sheet or cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Take a little of each of the doughs (about one tablespoon each), roll into a rope about 6 inches long. Place one white and one red rope beside each other and then twist the dough together to form a candy cane shape. Place onto prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the candy cane cookies for 10-12 minutes, or until the bottoms of the cookies are light brown. Remove from oven and place cookies onto wire rack to cool.
- While the cookies are cooling, gather your ingredients for the glaze. You'll need one cup of powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract, and 1 - 2 tablespoons of milk. Whisk together in a small bowl.
- Once the cookies are cooled, dip the tops of the cookies into the glaze and place back on wire rack so excess can drip off. Decorate with Christmas colored sugar crystals.
Other Christmas Cookie Recipes You May Enjoy
Chocolate Crinkle Cake Mix Cookies
The Best Snickerdoodle Cookies
Cherry Cream Cheese Cookies
Best Ever Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Prize 3: A Set of Baking Pans from Anolon
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These lil’ fellows are just so cute! And I love that they have a bonus glaze and sprinkles as well!
These are the cutest!! I am a HUGE fan of peppermint and these are going to be awesome on my cookie trays this year! Thank you for the great recipe!
I most like to make sugar cookie cut outs with my kiddos.
How super cute!! What a fun cookie for the holidays.
Such a festive cookie for the holidays! Definitely tucking this one away!