Party Cookie Recipes - Pretty Pink Twists Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups/225 g all purpose/plain flour

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 2/3 cup/100 g confectioners'/icing sugar

• 2/3 cup/150 g butter, softened

• 1 large egg

• 1 tsp peppermint extract/essence

• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract/essence

• 1/4 cup/50 g crushed red and white candy canes

• Few drops red food coloring

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Set out two cookie sheets. Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl.

2. Beat the confectioners' sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy.

3. Add the egg and peppermint and vanilla extracts, beating until just blended. Mix in the dry ingredients.

4. Divide the dough between two bowls. Mix the crushed candy into one bowl and the food coloring into the other bowl until well blended.

5. Form tablespoons of the candy dough into 4-inch (10-cm) ropes. Repeat with the colored dough.

6. Twist one candy dough rope and one colored dough rope together to form a striped rope.

7. Shape one end of the rope into a curve to resemble a candy cane and place 2 inches (5 cm) apart on the prepared cookie sheets.

8. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Transfer to racks to cool.