🎄🎅 Candy Cane Cookies – Festive Holiday Treats 🎅🎄
✨ Introduction
These festive Candy Cane Cookies are a delightful holiday baking project! Buttery sugar cookies shaped like candy canes, decorated with colorful icing, and dusted with powdered sugar make the perfect Christmas treat 🎄🍪.
🧂 Ingredients
🔸 For the Cookies
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- Red, white, and green icing (see recipe below)
- Powdered sugar for dusting
🔸 For the Icing
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup milk (or more, to reach desired consistency)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Gel food coloring (red, white, and green)
👩🍳 Directions
- Preheat oven: Set oven to 375°F (190°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix dry ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Cream butter & sugar: Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
- Combine: Gradually add dry ingredients to wet mixture until just combined.
- Shape cookies: Roll dough to ¼ inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut with candy cane-shaped cookie cutter.
- Bake: Place cookies on baking sheets and bake 8–10 minutes, until edges are lightly golden. Cool on wire rack.
- Make icing: Whisk powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Divide into three bowls; tint red, white, and green.
- Decorate: Pipe icing onto cooled cookies in candy cane stripes. Dust with powdered sugar before icing sets.
⏱️ Time & Servings
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cooking Time: 8–10 minutes
- Total Time: 30–35 minutes
- Servings: ~24 cookies
- Kcal: varies by size and icing
✅ Conclusion
Fun to bake, beautiful to serve, and delicious to eat—Candy Cane Cookies bring holiday cheer to every table 🎄🍪✨.