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Ingredients

½ cup butter ½ cup shortening 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar 1 egg 1 ½ teaspoons almond extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon red food coloring

Nutrition Info

287.3 calories carbohydrate: 30.4 g cholesterol: 35.8 mg fat: 16.9 g fiber: 0.7 g protein: 3.3 g saturatedFat: 7.2 g servingSize: - sodium: 254.8 mg sugar: 10.4 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
Mix well the shortening and butter, sugar, egg, almond and vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix flour and salt and add to shortening mixture. Divide dough in half.
Blend red food coloring into one half. Roll 1 teaspoon of the red dough and 1 teaspoon of the white dough on lightly floured board into 4 inch strips. Place strips side by side and press lightly together and twist like a rope. Curve top of rope down to look like the handle of a candy cane.
Bake 9 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove while still warm. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup crushed peppermint stick candy and 1/2 cup sugar (optional).

2 dozen

Make one complete cookie at a time. If the dough of one color is shaped first, the little rolls become to dry to twist.