Candy Cane Cookies

Recipe courtesy The Neelys for 12 Days of Cookies 2008

Rated: 2 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (24)

Cook Time:
8 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
10 cookies

Times:

Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: 8 min
Total:: 2 hr 8 min

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Ingredients

1 3/4 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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recipe Candy Cane Cookies
Margie Los Angeles, CA 11-17-2009
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Bah Umh Bug
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

First, the receipe was not appealing, too dry. The receipe was lacking. From what was mixed to the actual product before... food coloring did not match. I suggest you use your own sugar or butter dough receipe. The design can work. I used a more moist dough with flour to prevent sticking and cracking. Remember an actual 30 min show actually can take 2-4 hours to produce.Read more
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Sally Fayetteville, NC 12-23-2008
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??
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Like everyone else, I had a terrible experience with these cookies. But I noticed the Neelys did a lot of things differently... in the video as opposed to their recipe. They used different amounts of flour, and in the recipe they specified to roll out the dough and cut it into strips. After realizing the strips were useless, I ended up doing what the Neelys did in the video in the end, but I wish I had seen the video (or read the reviews!) because it could have saved me a lot of time and effort in the end. The cookies don't really taste like anything anyway. Read more
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null null, null 12-23-2008
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Nasty
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Shame on FoodNetwork for wasting bakers holiday time & money
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Lynn Brooklyn , NY 12-22-2008
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This Recipe was a big mess
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I was making these for Christmas eve and they ended up falling apart. They tasted more like butter cookies. I was frustrated... overall with the recipe. I would not recommend. Read more
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Carol SAN ANTONIO, TX 12-22-2008
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i can't believe this....
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I was very upset as I wasted so much time in the kitchen trying to get these cookies done. My idea was to make 'goodie bags'... for the holidays and so I incorporate homeade breads with homeade cookies. I made the grand mistake of not reading the reviews on this cookie. Wasted time, money and effort. DIfficult to shape, have to use alot of food coloring and it simply wasn't worth the time. I had so much else to bake! I ended up throwing this batter away... I was so upset. Read more
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ayah sd, LA 12-21-2008
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wut is really going on!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

A horrible recipe, couldn't shape the cookies. Plus, i couldn't find any other cookie idea 4 this year. Where's the christmas... spirit?!Read more