Candy Cane Cookies
Super addictive, chewy, minty and festive; you’ll just love making these candy cane cookies for Christmas. They make a fun cookie for your holiday cookie exchange for the kids and the adults too!
- Prep Time: 8 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 18 mins
- Yield: 24 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup (55 g) crushed candy canes (extra for topping if you’d like)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a stand mixer cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth.
- In a separate bowl combine flour, salt and baking soda, mix to combine. Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture.
- Turn the mixer to low and add your crushed candy canes and white chocolate chips, beat until well blended.
- Drop tablespoon sizes of dough on your prepared baking sheet (about 2 inches apart).
- Bake for approx. 10 minutes (careful not to overbake these cookies).
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for another 2 minutes.
- Transfer cookies to wire rack and cool completely.
- Enjoy.
Notes
Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days. These cookies can also be frozen in an airtight container for up to a month.
Also as mentioned in the blog post you can make the cookie dough ahead of time, roll into logs, refrigerate or freeze for later.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 112
- Sugar: 8.7g
- Sodium: 71mg
- Fat: 5.3g
- Saturated Fat: 3.2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 15.3g
- Fiber: 0.2g
- Protein: 1.3g
- Cholesterol: 19mg
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