Dessert for 12

Candy Cane Cookies

Name: Candy Cane Cookies
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter; 1 cup confectioner's sugar; 1 large egg; 1 1/4 tsp peppermint extract; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp salt; 1 1/2 tsp red food coloring

$1.53for 429 minServes 12

These peppermint cookies combine white and red dough, twist into candy cane shapes, and bake briefly until set.

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What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Butter, 8 oz$0.40/oz typical	8 oz	$3.20Typical price
	Eggs, 1$0.30 each typical	1	$0.30Typical price
	Marshmallows and candy, a little$0.25/oz typical	a little	$0.01Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$4.58

Swaps

Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Sugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaFlour

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29 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
12servings as written
$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Kid-friendly Budget Desserts

Typical price

$0.38 per serving$1.53 for 4

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Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 large egg
1 1/4 tsp peppermint extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp red food coloring

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F and line two baking sheets with cooking oil or parchment.
Beat the butter and confectioner's sugar until smooth, then beat in the egg and extracts.
Mix in the flour and salt until a soft dough forms.
Divide the dough in half and mix the food coloring into one half.
Roll small pieces of each dough into ropes, twist them together, and curve each cookie into a cane.
Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, then cool them on the sheets for 5 minutes.