Santa’s coming! Candy Cane cookies for Santa!- Baking with Kids

Who loves candy canes more than anyone? Santa! Who also loves cookies more than anyone? Yep, Santa! We have decided to combine Santa’s two favorite treats into one with these fun and delicious candy cane cookies. I can’t WAIT for our jolly ol’ friend to give these sweet treats a taste!
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Now, let’s make some cookies!
Here’s what you need:
-2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
-1 cup powdered sugar
-1 large egg
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
-1 teaspoon peppermint extract, or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
-3 cups all-purpose flour
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-red food coloring
Here’s what you do:
-In a large mixing bowl add salt to the flour and use a wish to mix it together.
-In the bowl of your stand mixer, add butter and sugar. Beat on medium until fluffy. Scrape down the sides.
-Add egg, vanilla, and extract. Beat until combined.
-On a low setting, mix in the flour and salt mixture and best until all flour is combined.
-Divide the dough in half, add red food coloring to half the dough and knead by hand, or in the mixer on low speed, until the dough is a bright, vibrant red.
-Wrap each ball of dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour.
-When ready to bake the cookies, heat the oven to 375°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking mats.
-Unwrap both pieces of dough. Pinch off walnut-sized pieces of the dough. -Roll each into a thick rope about 6 inches long. Pinch a red and white rope together at the top, then gently twist them together.
-Repeat with the remaining dough.
-Transfer the twisted ropes to the baking sheets and gently "hook" the top to create a candy cane shape.
-Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the bottom edges and the tips of the cookies are just barely starting to turn golden-brown.
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