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Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- 3 drops red food coloring
- 3 drops green food coloring
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large bowl sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, add egg and lemon juice and continue to mix. Add dry mixture incrementally to wet mixture until fully incorporated.
Divide dough into 2 separate bowls; add 3 drops red food coloring to 1 bowl and 3 drops green food coloring to the other. Stir until colors are prevalent throughout.
Roll out both doughs on flour-dusted parchment paper to about 1/6-inch thick. Trim edges with a butter knife or pizza cutter to make a solid rectangle. Cut each color dough into 10 even strips, twist and wrap green dough with red dough and form candy cane shapes.
Place twisted dough on a parchment-lined cookie sheet 1/2 inch apart (they will spread) and bake for about 6 to 8 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden brown. Remove, cool and enjoy!
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By _Chrissy
on December 23, 2012
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LOVE this recipe! I have been making it for 2 years and came back for the recipe again this year.
******Make it as stated by the Neely's in the video with the 2 1/4 C flour.****
It is AWESOME!
My kids requested it again this year. DELICIOUS!
*Customer service should remove all reviews and start them over because their typo cost this recipe great reviews!!!!
By ADMIN CUST SVC
Knoxville, TN
on December 19, 2012
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Update: Our culinary team has changed the amount of all-purpose flour to 2 1/4 cups as stated in the video.
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By Mrs.Chief.of.Contol
on December 17, 2012
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If I could give the recipe 0 stars I would. I didn't even finish baking the whole batch. I used the revised recipe and the cookies still turned out terrible! (Some earlier reviews talked out the measurements being off, but it has since been fixed. The dough wouldn't stick together, cracked when I tried to roll it out and when I tried to make the candy canes. I baked a test batch and the cookies tasted terrible! There was NO flavor! All I could taste was the food coloring. I ended up throwing the rest of the dough away as not to waste anymore of my time.
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