Candy Cane Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients
9
Count
Nutrition
3438
Calories
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar , packed
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • red food coloring

Directions:

  1. Cream butter and sugars together; add egg yolks. Stir in extracts and set aside. Combine salt and flour; stir into sugar mixture. Divide dough in 2 equal portions and tint one portion red. Remove one tablespoon of dough from each bowl. On a very lightly floured surface, shape each tablespoon of dough by rolling under both hands to form a rope. Place the 2 ropes side-by-side and gently twist together. Carefully bend the top to form a candy cane; continue with remaining dough in each bowl. Place candy canes on an ungreased baking sheet, about one inch apart; bake at 350° for 8 minutes. Do not brown. Let cool on baking sheet.
  2. Packaging Instructions: Make one of these adorable bags for each guest at your cookie exchange party to carry home samples from the party. Cut a 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece from card stock for a pocket; glue sides and bottom of the pocket to the front of a decorative lunchsize paper bag. Trace this gingerbread man and heart pattern onto tracing paper. Use the patterns to cut one gingerbread man from card stock, 2 hearts from fabric and one heart from batting. Glue the gingerbread man to white card stock; leaving a 1/4 border, use decorative-edge craft scissors to cut out gingerbread man.
  3. Glue batting heart between 2 fabric hearts. Glue the heart to the gingerbread man. Use a fine-point marker to draw a face and a red colored pencil to draw cheeks on the gingerbread man. Draw a black zigzag line along the edges of the pocket. Cut a 3 x 4 1/2 card from red & white striped decorative paper. Matching bottom edges, glue it to a blank 3 x 5 card; write desired recipe on the card, then tuck it into the pocket. Fill the bag with treats. Fold the top of the bag 1 to the wrong side. Punch two holes at the top center of the bag through the fold. Use a strand or 2 of raffia to tie the bag closed.
  4. Tip: Remind each guest to bring copies of her cookie recipe to share. Everyone can tuck their favorite recipes in the handy pocket on the take-home cookie sacks that they'll fill at your party.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 3437.73 Kcal (14393 kJ)
Calories from fat 1762.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 195.8g 301%
Cholesterol 815.41mg 272%
Sodium 769.33mg 32%
Potassium 663.53mg 14%
Total Carbs 376.73g 126%
Sugars 136.65g 547%
Dietary Fiber 9.38g 38%
Protein 44.96g 90%
Vitamin A 2.3mg 76%
Iron 6mg 33%
Calcium 243.1mg 24%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 444.61 Kcal (1861 kJ)
Calories from fat 227.9 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25.32g 301%
Cholesterol 105.46mg 272%
Sodium 99.5mg 32%
Potassium 85.82mg 14%
Total Carbs 48.72g 126%
Sugars 17.67g 547%
Dietary Fiber 1.21g 38%
Protein 5.81g 90%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 76%
Iron 0.8mg 33%
Calcium 31.4mg 24%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 84.3
    Points
  • 95
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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