Candy Cane Cookies from Gold Medal® Flour

Name: Candy Cane Cookies from Gold Medal® Flour
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking powder; 2 larges egg yolks; 532 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons red liquid food coloring; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 Tbsps heavy cream; 1 teaspoon peppermint extract; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Candy Cane Cookies from Gold Medal® Flour is a vegetarian recipe with 32 servings. One serving contains 114 calories, 1g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. Head to the store and pick up vanillan extract, liquid food coloring, flour, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy.

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Sugar

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Add the cream, egg yolks, vanilla, and peppermint extract and mix thoroughly.

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Peppermint Extract

Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Cream

Add the flour, baking powder, and salt until well combined.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

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Remove half of the dough from the mixing bowl and shape into a ball. To the remaining half, add the red food coloring and beat on low speed until well blended. Shape the red dough in a ball. Cover each ball of dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

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Red Food Color

Dough

Wrap

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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

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Take a walnut-sized piece of red dough and a walnut-sized piece of white dough. Separately, roll each color on a lightly floured surface, into a 6-inch rope.

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Walnuts

Dough

Roll

Place ropes side by side; gently press together and twist the two ropes to form a spiral.

Place on a parchment lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Curve the top of the cookie to form a cane shape.

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Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes or until set, rotating sheets halfway through. Do not overbake. Cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

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