* Christmas Goodie Recipes!! *

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Please share with us your favorite cookie, candy, fudge, treat, or whatever you want Recipe!!!!!!!
Here's mine:
Candy Cane Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon red food color
1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy (as fine as you can get it)
1/2 cup granulated sugar

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Thoroughly mix butter, shortening, confectioners' sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla. Blend in flour and salt. Divide dough in half; blend the red food coloring into one half. Shape 1 teaspoon of dough from each half into 4-inch rope. For smooth, even ropes, roll them back and forth on a lightly floured board. Place ropes side by side; press together lightly and twist. Complete cookies one at a time. Place them on an un-greased baking sheet. Curve top down to form the handle of the candy cane.

Bake about 9 minutes or until set and very light brown. Mix candy and granulated sugar. Immediately sprinkle cookies with candy mixture; remove from baking sheet. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.