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December 1st - 12th 2013
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Sponsors: As You Wish Tours & Book Dragon Designs
In the spirit of the holidays, I'm sharing a cookie recipe and a giveaway. You can also enter the main giveaway for huge prizes. Read on, enter, and enjoy!
One thing, above all others, really hold the essence of holiday spirit for me. No, not the malls or the lights or the haunting melodies of carols...
For me, it's cookies.
Juvenile, right? But I know a lot of you are nodding your heads, hoping no one sees you, because you're all about the cookies, too.
I'm not a cookie baker, but my mom is. And man...I look forward to her cookie plates every year. She started weeks in advance, freezing tray after tray in her big freezer downstairs, and shameless old me sits in her kitchen like the kid I used to be, waiting until her back was turned so I could sneak my favorites off the plate.
Candy Cane Cookies are the biggest pain to bake (at least for a non-cookie-baker), but the payoff will make you glad you did it. Minty, crunchy, fun to eat--everything a cookie should be. Plus, you'll wish you'd grown up with me because you'll immediately regret every year up until this one because this is the first year you get a candy cane cookie. You're born again. And you're welcome.
Seriously. They are THAT good.
CANDY CANES
Recipe by Carol Schott
1 c. soft shortening
1 c. 10x sugar
1 egg
½ tsp. Almond extract
1 tsp. Vanilla
Sift together and stir in
2 ½ c. flour
1 tsp. salt
Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Blend shortening, sugar, egg and extract together. Blend well with flour mixture. Divide in half. Blend ½ of mixture with ½ tsp. red food coloring. Leave remaining dough white.
Divide into 1 inch balls (both the red and the white dough). Then roll each ball into 5” logs. Taking 1 white piece and 1 red piece, twist together and bend into candy cane shapes.
Bake 400 degrees, ungreased cookie sheet 5-6 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove from oven and, while still hot, sprinkle with a mixture of 1 tablespoon sugar and CRUSHED peppermint candy.
HINT: you can also shape them into wreaths or sticks (easier) Dough is very soft so I suggest you chill it for at least an hour and work with small batches on floured surface . Also, these are sooo good, make a double batch. You won’t be sorry.
GIVEAWAY
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Good luck and happy holidays!
