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Make the Dough
Beat the butter, shortening, and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy, then mix in the egg and flavorings.
Candy Cane Twist Cookies
Red and white strands twist into little candy canes that hold their shape in the oven. The buttery cookies get their delicate flavor from almond and vanilla, rather than peppermint.
Prep40 minCook20 minTotal1 hr 30 minDifficultyEasy
Ingredients
Scale
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Wet Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
Instructions
- ½ cup unsalted butter, ½ cup vegetable shortening, 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 large egg, 1½ teaspoons almond extract, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon fine salt
- ½ teaspoon red liquid food coloring
Nutrition (Approximate Per Serving)
Yield
About 4 dozen cookies — Serving size: 1 cookie
Some ingredients could not be modeled and may meaningfully change the totals. Treat these values as a rough estimate.
- Calories
- 70
- Carbohydrates
- 7.5 g
- Protein
- 0.8 g
- Fat
- 4 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1.5 g
- Cholesterol
- 10 mg
- Sodium
- 50 mg
- Fiber
- 0.2 g
- Total Sugars
- 2.5 g
