Christmas Candy Cane Cookies

Ingredients

Amount		Ingredient	Preparation
1	cup	butter
1	cup	powdered sugar
1	each	egg
1	teaspoon	peppermint extract
1	teaspoon	vanilla extract
2 1/2	cups	flour, all-purpose
1	teaspoon	salt
1/2	teaspoon	food coloring

Directions

Mix together butter, sugar, egg, and extracts thoroughly. Stir in sifted flour and salt.

Divide dough in half. Blend red food coloring into one half of the dough. Cover the two pieces of dough and refrigerate for 4 hours.

Preheat oven to 375-degrees.

For each cookie, roll 1 teaspoon of dough from each half back and forth on lightly floured surface into 4 inch rope. Place 1 red and 1 white rope side by side; press together lightly and twist. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and curve down top of rope to form handle of cane.

Bake 9 minutes. Watch closely, as they have a tendanacy to brown quickly.