Thursday, November 16, 2006

Christmas Cane Cookies


Ingredients:

250 gm. Butter
100 gm. icing sugar
350 gm. Plain flour
1/2 tsp. of peppermint essence
red and green colouring

Method:

(1) Cream butter with icing sugar till creamy.
(2) Add in plain flour and mix into a pliable dough. Divide dough into 2 portions. Add peppermint essence and green colouring ionto one portion and add red colouring into the other portion. Keep in the fridge for about 20 mins. for easy handling.
(2) Pinch a small piece of dough from each colour and roll into a long strip and twist them together. Curve at one end into a letter "J". Place onto baking tray.
(3) Bake at 160C for about 15 mins or till cooked.

2 comments:

  1. hi aunty, doesn't this recipe need any soda?

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  2. hi jeena,

    no soda nor baking powder. Doesnt want the cookie to puff up and lose it's shape.

    rgds

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