Candy Cane Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and sugar till fluffy.
• 2 beat in the egg, lemon rind, and vanilla.
• 3 add the milk alternately with the dry ingredients.
• 4 put one-half of the dough in a medium bowl and add a few drops of red food coloring till color desired; leave the other .
• 5 roll strips, one of each color, the size of a pencil and about 5" long.
• 6 put them side by side.
• 7 pinch together and twist into a rope and shape into a candy cane.
• 8 place 1" apart on ungreased sheet.
• 9 bake 350 degrees for 10 minutes.