Vegetarian

Divine christmas candy cane cookies

Name: Divine christmas candy cane cookies
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 15 servings
Ingredients: 5.64 oz flour; 1 large egg yolk; 0.25 tsps food dye; 0.5 tsps vanilla extract; 2.12 oz powdered sugar; 4.06 oz unsalted butter

Christmas Candy Cane Cookies that are perfect for a festive holiday treat. This recipe is ideal for lacto-ovo vegetarians and takes approximately 45 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients

flour

5.64 oz

egg yolk

1 large

food dye

0.25 tsps

vanilla extract

0.5 tsps

powdered sugar

2.12 oz

unsalted butter

4.06 oz

Method

Cream butter, add sugar and beat again.
Add in egg yolk and vanilla and peppermint extract and stir to combine.
Add in flour in 2 additions (meaning fist add half flour, stir well, then add the other half).
Mix until you get a firm and smooth dough. Divide the dough into 2 balls. To one ball add a few drops of food coloring.Wrap dough balls in plastic paper and refrigerate for about 30 min.After 30 min, take a walnut sized piece of red (/pink) and a walnut sized piece of white dough and roll each color on a lightly floured surface into a 10-12 cm long rope.
Place the 2 ropes side by side and gently twist them together pressing a bit to form a spiral. Shape by bending one end into a hook.Line cookies on a baking paper about 2 cm apart from each other
Bake at 180 C for about 10 min or until the edges of the cookies start browning.
Let cookies cool down completely on a wire rack

Nutrition:

114 kcal

Carbs

12 g

Fat

6 g

Protein

1 g

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