Candy Cane Cookies

Photo by Leigh Beisch

Ingredients

5 tablespoons milk
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
Red food coloring
¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup (1/2 lb.) butter, at room temperature
+ 3 more ingredients
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar

1. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until smooth; beat in egg yolks. 2. In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, combine milk, vanilla, and peppermint extract. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture alternately with milk mix...

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Variations on Candy Cane Cookies

- Granulated sugar, for dusting the cookies
- 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 large egg
- +3 other ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- +2 other ingredients