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These festive cookies have a rich almond flavor and a pretty sprinkling of peppermint. Their candy cane shape makes them especially appealing— it wouldn't be Christmas at my house without them!
This recipe is:
Diabetic Friendly
Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 108 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 19 mg cholesterol, 104 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat.
Originally published as Candy Cane Cookies in Country Woman Christmas , p30
Homemade Peppermint Ice CreamWhen peppermint stick ice cream isn't available, I crush 15-20 hard peppermint candies or small candy canes and fold into a half gallon of softened vanilla ice cream. —Barb Gribble, Arena, Wisconsin
When peppermint stick ice cream isn't available, I crush 15-20 hard peppermint candies or small candy canes and fold into a half gallon of softened vanilla ice cream. —Barb Gribble, Arena, Wisconsin
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Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2012 by quiltlady101
These are really a yummy christmas cookie. I will make these every year. I give this recipe a 5 star rating Nora Miller , Grand Junction, Co
Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2011 by crgilvr
I would only make this recipe again if I could not find another one that is better! The recipe says is makes 3 dozen - 36!- cookies...NO WAY!! It says to use "TABLESPOONFULS OF EACH DOUGH"-there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY to get 36 cookies out of this recipe doing that! I must have looked at the recipe everytime I scooped up a spoonful of dough! And to only make the ropes 4" long is NOT long enough! There is NO WAY the cookies pictured on the recipe page were made like the recipe!! And that is very disappointing!
Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2011 by micheleclow
The almond extract does not go with the peppermint sprinkled on the outside. I will look at the other similar recipes to see if I can find something that tastes better. These didn't taste bad, but they tasted like a typical butter cookie.
Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2010 by kae24
I just got done making these cookies and i really enjoyed making them. I was a little skeptical at first but they were so cute i had to try them even though the reviews were not that great. Next time i am going to try using peppermint extract instead. But, the whole family loves them so deffinatlry will make them again.
Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2010 by coffemom
Tried this receipe and the dough kept braking. I tried to refigerate it but it sill broke when I to twist it. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong.
Reviewed on Jan. 27, 2010 by winnafrog3
me and my daughter bake things quite often. She was excited to help with these so she could take them to school for her class. We mixed everything like it said and the dough was so sticky that we could'nt handle it, so we put it in the refrigerator. After it had firmed up a bit we tried again. It would start out ok and then warm up to your hand and get sticky again. We ended up scooping the dough out with a spoon to make just roung cookies. After baking them, they were all cracked up and of course the peppermint and sugar wouldn't stick to it. We ended up using frosting on them and sprinkling the mint/sugar mixture on them. They tasted fair. We will never attempt making those again. All the leftovers went in the garbage.
Reviewed on Dec. 30, 2009 by jmswann
They were fun to make though they were a bit dry and broke when cooling.
Reviewed on Dec. 28, 2009 by jackie eberly
my mom has made this cookie for years. i tried it for the first time this year. i thought they were great. my son and i left some out for santa. he thought they were good too because the plate was empty. i will be making these every year now.
Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2009 by stifflerc
I have had a recipe similar to this one for many years now. We have a cookie baking day and all children help, and now my grandchildren are helping. My son(now 33 yrs old) always requests these cookies!! YUM YUM!!
Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2009 by sswimmomm
These are a nice addition to the holiday sweets table. Cookie is not too sweet and only lightly minty on the outside from the candy not overpowering. Recipe might read teaspoonfulls of dough to get 36 cookies. My daughter used an actual tablespoon and measured the doughprior to shaping and only ended up with a bit over a dozen large cookies.
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