Vegetarian

Divine christmas candy cane cookies

Name: Divine christmas candy cane cookies
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 15 servings
Ingredients: 160 g flour; 1 large egg yolk; 0.25 tsps food dye; 0.5 tsps vanilla extract; 60 g powdered sugar; 115 g 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

160 g

egg yolk

1 large

food dye

0.25 tsps

vanilla extract

0.5 tsps

powdered sugar

60 g

unsalted butter

115 g

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