Description
My sweet grandma’s trademark Christmas cookie – red and white sugar cookie dough is twisted together and shaped into cute little candy canes!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
Icing
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1–2 tablespoon milk
- Red decorating sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter, shortening, and powdered sugar on low speed.
- Add the egg and vanilla, and mix until well incorporated.
- In a separate bowl mix together flour and salt, and then gradually add them to the wet ingredients, mixing on low speed until a smooth dough is formed.
- Remove half of the dough from the mixing bowl, and set aside. To the dough remaining in the bowl, add a few drops of red food coloring and mix to distribute.
- Form 24 teaspoon sized balls of each color of dough.
- Roll each ball into a four inch tube, and pair them side by side on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Twist the red and white dough together and form into a candy cane shape.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, and remove the cookies to cool on a cooking rack.
- Whisk powdered sugar and milk together until a smooth glaze is formed. Spoon over cooled cookies, and sprinkle with red decorating sugar.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 169
- Sugar: 11g
- Sodium: 122mg
- Fat: 8.5g
- Saturated Fat: 4.2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.7g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 0.3g
- Protein: 1.7g
- Cholesterol: 20mg