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Christmas: Candy Canes

Source of Recipe


Family Circle magazine



List of Ingredients



• 1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
  
• Pinch salt
  
• ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
  
• ½ cup sugar
  
• 1 egg yolk
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  
• Royal Icing (recipe follows)
  
• Red and green food coloring
  






Instructions



1. Heat oven to 350° F.
   In small bowl, combine flour and salt. In large bowl, beat butter, sugar and egg yolk until smooth. Beat in vanilla; stir in flour mixture. Flatten dough into a disk; refrigerate one hour.
   
   
2. Roll 2 teaspoons dough into a 6-inch rope. Transfer to a nonstick baking sheet; curve into candy cane shape. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes. Cool on pan 1 minute, then carefully transfer to rack with a thin metal spatula.
   
   
3. Prepare Royal Icing.
   Remove ½ cup thicker icing to a small bowl and tint red; remove ½ cup thicker icing to a small bowl and tint green. Use a small, clean brush to "paint" thinned white icing over cookies. Let dry. Transfer colored icings to two pastry bags fitted with small round tips. Pipe lines on cookies; let dry.
   
   Makes 2½ dozen.
   
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   ROYAL ICING
   
   • 1 box (16 ounces) confectioners' sugar
   • 3 Tbsp powdered egg whites
   • 6 Tbsp orange juice or water
   
   Beat sugar, powdered egg whites, and juice or water for 5 minutes. Divide in half; stir two tablespoons of water into one half. Use thinned icing for coating and thicker icing for outlines and piping decorations.
   
   Makes 3 cups.
   
   
   






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