from The Shining Star Collection
Great cookie for little helping hands to work with. Freezes well. My sister always hung cookies on her tree for her kids and these worked well for that, too!
Ingredients
¾ cup margarine, softened
¾ cup sugar
1 egg
½ tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp peppermint extract
1/3 cup flaked coconut
2 tsp red food colouring
Directions
Cream together margarine, sugar and baking powder, egg and vanilla. Add in flour and salt. Divide dough in half. In one half stir in the coconut. In the other half, add the peppermint extract and the red food colouring. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
Divide each portion into 30 little balls. Roll each ball into ropes and twist together with an alternate colour rope. Form into a candy cane shape. Bake at 375F for 10 minutes.
Nada’s Tips & Tricks: I replace margarine with butter but that’s a preference thing. You can make other shapes and add different food colouring, like Christmas trees, reindeer, Santa hats, etc.
Contents and images used with permission by author Karen F. Skirten. https://www.kfskirten.com/