Peppermint Stick Cookies Recipe

Peppermint Stick Cookies Recipe Peppermint Stick Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home Rating 4

With cool mint flavor and a festive look, these whimsical creations will make you feel like you're in the North pole. The chilled dough is easy to shape, too. —Nancy Knapke, Fort Recovery, Ohio

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Peppermint Stick Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 1 hour + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 48 Servings
60 10 70

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons mint extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 12 drops red food coloring
  • 12 drops green food coloring
  • 1-1/2 cups white baking chips
  • Crushed mint candies

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
  • Set aside half of the dough. Divide remaining dough in half; add green food coloring to one portion and red food coloring to the other. Wrap dough separately in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until easy to handle.
  • Divide green and red dough into 24 portions each. Divide plain dough into 48 portions. Roll each into a 4-in. rope. Place each green rope next to a white rope; press together gently and twist. Repeat with red ropes and remaining white ropes. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  • Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool for 2 minutes before carefully removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
  • In a microwave, melt white chips; stir until smooth. Dip cookie ends into melted chips; allow excess to drip off. Sprinkle with crushed candies and place on waxed paper. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 4 dozen.

1 cookie (calculated without candies) equals 107 calories, 6 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 31 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Peppermint Stick Cookies in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2010, p66

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Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2011 by knich01@yahoo.com

I loved this recipe. It was very easy to make and hardly needed any chilling. I used the mint extract instead of peppermint as someone suggested 'cause that was what I had and every one loved them including all the children in my Primary class at church. I also found that they seem to flatten, so I made skinnier ropes and that didn't happen. They came out just like the picture. But I noticed that no one care. They were so-o goo-od!!!!!

Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2011 by jitbug

Just made these for a family party. They were a hit. They were very easy to make and chilling the dough only makes it easier to work with. I made the dough as written, but I changed the number of them. I rolled out ~24 canes, and after baking them, I cut them in half, creating shorter canes.

Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2011 by cookadoodle

love them!! maybe my dough wasnt chilled enough coz it kept cracking on me but the cookies taste so good and i love the peppermint flavor! used white choc instead of white vanilla chips

Reviewed on Dec. 07, 2011 by catie1102

The taste is good but the cookies flattened out on me. Definitely don't look like the picture

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2011 by tlcloves2camp

wonderful!! Easy to make, used peppermint extract. Dipped them in chocolate and than in Andies Candy baking pieces,cut smaller. They are a hit.

Reviewed on Dec. 05, 2011 by marian08

for the lady who had trouble crushing the peppermint candy. You can buy this already crushed. Look for it near the chocolate chips in the baking aisle.

Reviewed on Dec. 05, 2011 by kmuellernj

I recommend using peppermint extract not mint extract. I find mint extract to taste like mouthwash.

Reviewed on Dec. 05, 2011 by margaretgalland

I tried this on a very rainy day. Perfection! I'm making more today.

Reviewed on Dec. 04, 2011 by stone481064

Yummy and so pretty. I think I'll try loosely braiding them next time, using all three colors.

Reviewed on Dec. 03, 2011 by KaryaDawn

My kids love these, and the dough was super easy to work with. I ended up cutting them in half after they baked and making about 2-3" long sticks with about 1/3 of them dipped in the white chocolate and sprinkled with peppermint. The hardest part was crushing the peppermints!

 
 

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