Candy Canes

By mangia_g2

Ingredients

• 3 1/4 cups sifted unbleached flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
• 1/4 cup milk
• red food coloring

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Sift flour, bp and salt together. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Stir in flour mixture alternately with milk. Spoon half the dough into a medium-sized bowl; tint pink with food coloring. Leave remaining dough plain. Pinch off a teaspoonful of each dough; roll each into a pencil-thin strip 5 inches long. Place strips side by side, pressing ends together; twist. Place on ungreased cookie sheets, 1" apart, bending into cane shape. Bake @ 350 for 10 minutes or until firm.