Candy Cane Cookies
Candy Cane Cookies are a delicious homemade cookie that is shaped to look like a candy cane. These are the best Christmas cookie to serve up at the holidays.
Servings 24 servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 4 ounces full fat cream cheese softened
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups unbleached flour
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 40-50 drops red food coloring
- Sprinkles or sugar
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl heat up the butter to soften. It takes a minute or less to get the butter softened.
- Add in the cream cheese and heat again for another 15 seconds to soften it without melting the cream cheese.
- Then cream the butter and cream cheese together until nice and creamy in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer.
- Add in the sugar and whip up for 3 minutes creating a light and fluffy texture. I whip on medium to medium high speed.
- Add in the egg and vanilla.
- Next in a small bowl add the dry ingredients.
- Then work the dry ingredients into the wet cookie batter. Mix to combine.
- Divide the bowl in two bowls. Then add red food coloring to half the dough. I did 4-5 drops to make a nice red color.
- Use a cookie scoop (1 tablespoon size) and scoop balls of the dough on a prepared cookie sheet.
- Cover and refrigerate all the cookie dough for 30 minutes to an hour. You need to chill the dough.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove the cookie dough balls from therefrigerator a few at a time and roll into straight lines (about thelength of a fork, 7”).
- Place a white line and a red line on table. Pinch end and then twist the dough. Then at the top create the hook to create the candy cane.
- Place the cookies on the baking sheet. Pinch the top, and add sprinkles if you want. Then bake for 8 minutes or until the cookies are fully baked.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 5-10 minutes on pan then transfer to cooling rack. Let cool then enjoy.