Easy Cane Cookies

Name: Easy Cane Cookies
Yield: Makes about 3½ dozen
Ingredients: 1 egg; 1 tsp. vanilla; ¼ tsp. peppermint extract; 2½ c. sifted flour; ½ tsp. salt; ½ c. crushed red and white peppermint candy; 2 tblsp. sugar; 1 c. butter or regular margarine; 1 c. confectioners sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
3½ dozen

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Tie red and green ribbons on canes to dress them up for Christmas

Ingredients

1 c. butter or regular margarine
1 c. confectioners sugar
1

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Beat together butter and confectioners sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla and peppermint extract to blend well.
Combine flour and salt and stir into creamed mixture. Wrap dough in waxed paper and chill at least 1 hour.
When ready to shape, mix crushed candy with white sugar. Roll 1 level measuring tablespoonful of dough on surface sprink