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2/3
cup butter, softened
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1/2
cup sugar
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1/4
teaspoon salt
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1
egg
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1
teaspoon vanilla
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1 1/2
cups all-purpose flour
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Peppermint candy canes, finely crushed
1. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and salt. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg and vanilla. Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour. Cover; chill dough about 1 hour or until dough is easy to handle.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned around the edges. Remove from oven and make a small indent in the center of each cookie using the bowl of a small measuring spoon or melon baller. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.
3. Just before serving, use a decorating bag fitted with a star or round tip to pipe Peppermint Filling into the center of each cookie. Sprinkle filling with crushed candy canes. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
- Variation Chocolate-Kissed Candy-Cane Thumbprints:Prepare as above. Place a milk chocolate kiss on top of filling in the center of each cookie, pressing in slightly.
- Storage Layer unfilled cookies between waxed paper in an airtight container; cover. Store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months. Fill before serving.
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1/4
cup softened butter
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1/4
teaspoon peppermint extract
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1 1/2
cups powdered sugar
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2
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teaspoons milk
In a medium mixing bowl, beat softened butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Beat in peppermint extract. Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Beat in enough milk to make a filling of piping consistency.
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The cookie turned out blah and I doubled the peppermint extract in the icing. Will make again but add crushed peppermint to the dough. Also tinted icing pink. Only made 2 dozen.
11/29/2010 06:53:17 PM Report AbuseMy mother-in-law brought these to a cookie swap. I wanted to swap all of my cookies for all of hers.
1/1/2010 03:15:02 PM Report Abuseyes the cookie itself is kind of tasteless, but there's enough sugar in the icing, to add flavor to the cookie would be too much. But the recipe in no way makes 3dozen. I only 17 out of it.
12/22/2009 10:18:28 PM Report AbuseCookie is tasteless. I tinted my icing a light pink color. Looked pretty. Would not make again.
12/21/2009 07:28:01 PM Report AbuseI'm used to the kind that are rolled in nuts and filled with jam or jelly, so these were really different. Seems like the frosting should be tinted red or green, kind of blah looking. Nice mint flavor in frosting but cookies are nothing special
12/21/2009 10:21:17 AM Report Abuse