Christmas Candy Cane Cookies
Craving a taste of the holidays? Discover the magic of Christmas in every bite with these peppermint candy cane cookies! We use crushed peppermint candy canes for these cookies. Next, to the classic chocolate chip cookie, these peppermint candy cookies are on the top of the list for great Christmas cookies here at the Ranch.
Christmas spirit comes in many forms and one of them is our luscious peppermint Candy Cane Cookies. These Cookies are just divine, they have the clean taste of peppermint and are soft and chewy the way a great cookie should be. And these Cookies are a must for all our cookie exchanges and can be the star attraction of cookie gift baskets. We believe you will agree these Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies make the best Christmas Candy Cookies ever.
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Making Christmas cookies is making memories and is on the top of our to-do list for this busy season. We love having all the grandkids in the kitchen with flour in the air, and sugar everywhere. They pull out the mixer and all the cookie sheets. Then we throw a stack of cookie cooling racks on the counter and start baking. And this first cookie we start with is these peppermint cookies.
And, how can you beat a chewy sugar cookie with crushed peppermint baked inside? You just can’t. So grab your rolling pin, mallet or whatever else you have, to start crushing up some candy canes for these lovely treats.
What’s in these Christmas Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies:
Ingredients:
- 3 Candy Canes, crushed
- 1/2 cup Butter, softened
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 Egg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cup Flour
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
Equipment Needed:
- Baking Sheets
- Mixing Bowls
- Mixer
- Cooling Rack
How to make these Candy Cane Cookies:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees
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Prepare baking sheets using non-stick cooking spray or cover with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
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Place candy canes in a zip lock bag and crush using a rolling pin
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In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, whip in vanilla and egg, scraping the sides of the bowl and mixing well
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In a separate bowl stir flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda together, pour into the large bowl and mix carefully until well combined with the butter, sugar, egg mixture
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Fold in the crushed candy cane and mix gently
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Pour powdered sugar on a large plate. Scoop a heaping teaspoon of dough, form into a ball and roll in the powdered sugar, place on baking sheets
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Repeat with remaining dough, placing dough balls far enough apart so they have plenty of room without melting into each other
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Bake 10-12 minutes until bottoms just start to brown, remove from oven and let cool about 3 minutes prior to moving to a cooling rack.
But can you stop at just one? We doubt it, and that’s why we say – This recipe makes 8 servings, not 8 cookies! 👀 What’s your cookie count – Can you stop at one? Let us know!
Other Christmas Treats:
- Chocolate Whiskey Truffles
- Butter Pecan Cookie Recipe
- Crushed Peppermint Three Layer Bars
- Spiced Nuts
- Christmas Chex Mix -Reindeer Chow
- Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies
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Christmas Candy Cookies are a peppermint candy cane cookie. These Peppermint Candy Cane cookies are the best peppermint cookies.
Ingredients
- 3 candy canes crushed
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degreesPrepare baking sheets using non-stick cooking spray or cover with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Place candy canes in a zip lock bag and crush using a rolling pin
- In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, whip in vanilla and egg, scraping the sides of the bowl and mixing well
- In a separate bowl stir flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda together, pour into the large bowl and mix carefully until well combined with the butter, sugar, egg mixture
- Fold in the crushed candy cane and mix gently
- Pour powdered sugar on a large plate. Scoop a heaping teaspoon of dough, form into a ball and roll in the powdered sugar, place on baking sheets
- Repeat with remaining dough, placing dough balls far enough apart so they have plenty of room without melting into each other
- Bake 10-12 minutes until bottoms just start to brown, remove from oven and let cool about 3 minutes prior to moving to a cooking rack
Nutrition
Calories: 342kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 3gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 51mgSodium: 200mgPotassium: 45mgFiber: 1gSugar: 36gVitamin A: 384IUCalcium: 15mgIron: 1mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Festive colour, chewy & pleasing to the eye and taste buds Thanks for sharing the recipe, Evelyn.
Okay now those were so yummy. I think I will make more next time Thank you so much for sharing
What a totally awesome idea! I love candy canes. I always stock up when they're on sale after Christmas!
mmm . . . I bet these are fabulous!
These look great Evelyn! I love a good chewy cookie! SO festive too! Ill have to try these soon!
yumm-o love me some peppermint anything. and they were super cute too! thanks
Yummy awesome cookies! Hope you have a great week and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday!
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Miz Helen
Oh man do these look good! I have a weakness for peppermint!
I just may be making some of these today — I am truly drooling.
I'm in the middle of making these right now. I planned on 2 batches for co-workers but had to mix up another. My son (the little devil) stood a t the counter and ate a dozen (at least). Nice festive cookies, Evelyn! Good cookie to use for something non-chocolate. BTW I got about 2 doz per batch.
Those look delicious!! We'll be trying them over the upcoming holidays! Just pinned them!
Thank you for sharing these with us I'll take 3 right now with my morning coffee please 🙂
Made these cookies today. They are delicious!! Thank you for sharing your recipe!!
I just made a batch of these scrumptious cookies. They are so chewy and delicious. I also added some white chocolate chips to some as they were cooling. Will be adding this recipe to our Christmas treat menu! :))
I loved this cookie recipe. It's a great cookie to add to a cookie gift basket.
Can you refrigerate these overnight before baking them?
I’ve never tried it but if you do please let us know how it works. Thanks
I made a double batch and made the cookies a lot bigger, say a heaping tablespoon, and baked for 14-15 min, they are beautiful and SO good – thank you for sharing your recipe with all of us!
We are so glad to hear you enjoyed this recipe. You are so kind to take the time to let us know. Have an awesome day.
Do you know the measurement of 3 crushed candy canes? I have a bottle of crushed candy canes.
Thanks
Oh good question. I’m so sorry but I don’t. I did google it and it says 3 canes is about ¼ cup but that doesn’t sound like enough. Maybe add ¼ cup and then a little more.
This recipe only makes 8 cookies?
No, this recipe makes 8 servings because we assume no one eats just one cookie.