Holiday Cookies

To make the candy canes and the Christmas trees, you'll need to make two batches of Butter Cookie Dough.

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Ingredients

• 2 Batches of Butter Cookie Dough</a> recipe
• Red and green food coloring
• 1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
• Flour (for dusting)
• Crushed peppermint candy or candy canes
• Basic Cookie Icing
• Green paste food coloring
• Sugar sprinkles
• Chocolate frosting (optional)

Directions

1. <span class="hdr2">Candy Cane Twists</a>

   Here's how you make the Candy Cane Twists.

2. Step 1

   Divide one batch of <a href="butter-cookie-dough.jhtml">Butter Cookie Dough</a> in half. Add four to five drops of red food coloring to one half. Add 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract to the other half. Mix each half well.

3. Step 2

   Help kids roll a tablespoonful of each color dough on a floured surface into a 4-inch-long rope.

4. Step 3

   Show kids how to twist the ropes together and bend them to form a candy-cane shape. (Bend and place them directly on a greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.)

5. Step 4

   Sprinkle the candy-cane cookies with crushed peppermint candy or crushed candy canes.

6. Step 5

   Bake at 375&#176;F for 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool completely before removing from the baking sheet.

7. <span class="hdr2">Christmas Trees</span>

   Here's how you make the Christmas Trees.

8. Step 1

   Roll one batch of the <a href="butter-cookie-dough.jhtml">Butter Cookie Dough</a> to 1/8-inch thickness on a floured surface. Kids can help with the rolling.

9. Step 2

   Show kids how to cut the dough with a Christmas-tree-shaped cookie cutter. Re-roll any leftover dough.

10. Step 3

    Place cookies on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake at 375&#176;F for seven to nine minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.

11. Step 4

    Decorate with <a href="basic-cookie-icing.jhtml">Basic Cookie Icing</a> tinted with green paste food coloring colored sugar sprinkles, and chocolate frosting. (Thin the chocolate frosting with a bit of water, place in a resealable plastic bag, and snip off a corner of the bag to pipe chocolate onto the cookies.)

Nurtition Facts

• Calories: 105
• Total Fat: 5g
• Saturated Fat: 3g
• Trans Fat: 0g
• Cholesterol: 17mg
• Sodium: 60mg
• Total Carbs: 14g
• Fiber: 0g
• Sugar: 10g
• Protein: 1g