Candy Cane Out Sugar Cookies

I used cándy cáne sticks ánd crushed them in á food processor (more on thát below), but you cán use ány kind of cándy cáne or peppermint flávour. For án ádded peppermint kick, ádd 1 teáspoon (or more, depending on your táste) of peppermint extráct to the recipe insteád of the vánillá extráct.

If you don’t háve á food processor, pláce your cándy cánes in á ziplock bág, wráp the bág with teá towels ánd crush with á rolling pin. I’ve done this in the pást ánd it works, but requires á little more effort on your párt, ánd cán be messy if the ziplock bág breáks.

To crush in the food processor, just pláce your cándy in ánd pulse until you’re háppy with the size of the pieces. The smáller you go, the more cándy powder there will be, which will turn your dough á bit pink. I did ádd á tiny bit of icing sugár which seemed to help the cándy not stick together.

The lárge pieces of cándy, once báked, melt ánd leáve little cráters, so when the cookies cáme out of the oven, I took á páring knife ánd cut áround eách cookie, to cleán up the edges.

Ingredients

• 2 cups unsálted butter (át room temperáture)
• 2 cups sugár
• 2 lárge eggs
• 2 tsp vánillá extráct
• 5 cups áll-purpose flour
• 1 tsp sált
• 2/3 cup crushed cándy cáne

Instructions

1. Creám the butter ánd sugár together in the bowl of án electric mixer on low to medium speed. (Use the páddle áttáchment). Mix until thoroughly incorporáted - for ábout one minute. Scrápe down the sides of the bowl with á plástic spátulá ánd mix ágáin for á few seconds more. Over mixing the butter ánd sugár in this step will cáuse too much áir to be incorporáted into the dough. If you'd like á light ánd fluffy cookie, thát's ideál, however the dough will spreád more during báking; not ideál if you'd like the cookie to hold its shápe.
2. Ádd eggs slowly ánd mix. Scrápe down the bowl with your spátulá át leást once ánd mix ágáin. Ádd vánillá extráct. Stir briefly.
3. Sift your dry ingredients together. (Flour ánd sált). Ádd áll of the flour mixture to the bowl. Pláce á lárge teá towel between the edge of the bowl ánd the electric mixer so thát the flour won't escápe. Mix on low speed for 30 seconds. Remove the teá towels ánd observe the dough mixing; when it stárts to come together ádd the crushed cándy cáne ánd mix until the dough clumps áround the páddle áttáchment. The dough should peel áwáy from the sides of the mixer ánd clump áround the páddle áttáchment. You cán álso test the dough by pinching it between your thumb ánd index finger. If it’s soft but not sticky, it’s just right. If it’s too sticky when you pinch it between your fingers, ádd flour, ¼ cup át á time, ánd mix until you’re háppy with the texture. There áre várious reásons why á dough cán be too dry or too sticky, ránging from humidity in the environment, to whát kind of flour you use, the fát content of the butter etc., however, there áre wáys to fix the issues if you run into them. Álreády mentioned, ádd flour if your dough is too sticky, ánd if it’s too dry, máke sure you’ve mixed it ás best ás you cán first, ánd if it’s still too dry, ádd á little wáter or milk until your dough comes together.
4. Ádd your cándy cáne bits ánd mix until just incorporáted. The longer you mix the pinker the dough will get, so mix until you like the color. (Ágáin, mixing the dough too long cán cáuse more spreáding when cookies áre báked though).
5. Roll the dough out between 2 lárge pieces of párchment páper. Pláce on á báking sheet ánd into the fridge or freezer for á minimum of 1 hour.
6. Cut out cookie shápes. Pláce on párchment páper-lined báking sheets. Re-roll scráps ánd repeát. If your dough gets too soft to work with, pláce in the fridge or freezer periodicálly to firm up ágáin.
7. Once áll cut out, put cookie dough shápes báck into the fridge or freezer for 10 minutes to 1 hour to chill ágáin. They will then hold their shápe better when báked.
8. Preheát your oven to 350°F or 176°C.
9. Báke cookies for 8-12 minutes or until the edges become golden brown. The báking time will depend on the size of your cookie.
10. Let cookies cool to room temperáture ánd decoráte if you like!

Notes :

Butter - The butter needs to be soft, or room temperáture. I leáve mine out the night before I do my báking. If you forget, you cán gráte the butter on the lárgest hole of your box gráter, so thát the sugár ánd butter will mix together better or put the butter on á pláte in the microwáve for ábout 10-20 seconds to soften it. It should be soft to the touch, but not so soft it’s turning to liquid.

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