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Baking Recipes, Recipes · November 16, 2022

Candy Cane Cookies Recipe

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I love seasonal recipes and I’m always looking for ways to use up candy canes – either before Christmas to get in the festive spirit or afterwards when we have so many sweet treats left over.

These candy cane cookies are a super easy way to use up leftover candy canes. They are nice and chewy, minty and delicious. They taste just like candy canes in cookie form!

Candy Cane Cookies

What do you need to make candy cane cookies?

For these candy cane biscuits you just need typical cookie ingredients – butter, sugar, flour, eggs – plus candy canes. You can use any candy canes for this recipe and just need to crush them before adding them to the recipe. To do this we put them in a bag and hit them with a rolling pin, nothing fancy. But you could also use a pestle and mortar.

This candy cane cookie recipe is really easy. You make the cookies as you would any other cookie recipe and simply add the crushed peppermint candy canes to the mixture and then roll the balls of mixture in the finely crushed peppermint candy canes before baking. It adds a great flavour and texture to the finished cookies.

Candy Cane Cookies

We keep this cookie recipe traditional by using vanilla extract but if you wanted to make them extra minty you could use peppermint extract instead.

If you’re looking for other recipes to try here’s our peppermint candy cane bark, Christmas candy cane rocky road and candy cane fudge. You can see all our Christmas recipes to date here.

What equipment do you need for this cookie recipe?

You can make this recipe simply with things you already have in your kitchen but here are the things we use in case there’s something you don’t already have:

  • Baking sheet
  • Baking paper
  • Mixing bowl
  • Scales
  • Measuring spoons
  • Portion spoon
  • Wire rack

As you can see, it’s all things you probably have already – that is what makes cookies so simple and convenient to make.

Candy Cane Cookies

So here’s our absolutely delicious easy Candy Cane Cookies recipe – happy baking!

Ingredients

  • 125 g unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 185 g soft brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 215 g plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 100g Candy Canes – Roughly five, crushed

To decorate

  • 20g Candy Canes – Roughly two, chopped into pieces

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 160c/325f/Gas Mark 3. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl. Mix in the vanilla extract and gradually add the egg – beating well. Stir in the milk.
  • Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and then fold into the butter and egg mixture. Stir in half the crushed candy canes.
  • Scoop tablespoons of cookie dough mixture and roll over the rest of the crushed candy canes before placing onto baking sheets leaving approx 4cm between each one as they expand.
  • Bake for 12 mins or until light browned. They should still be soft in the centre!
  • Leave to cool slightly and enjoy.

If you’d like to print or pin the Candy Cane Cookies recipe for later you can do so below. Enjoy!

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Candy Cane Cookies

These cookies are a great way to use up leftover candy canes or just get into the festive spirit. Chewy, minty and deliciou!
Course Afternoon Tea, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, British
Keyword baking
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes minutes
Servings 12 cookies

Ingredients

  • 125 g unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 185 g soft brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 215 g plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 100 g Candy Canes – Roughly five crushed

To decorate

  • 20 g Candy Canes – Roughly two chopped into pieces

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 160c/325f/Gas Mark 3. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl. Mix in the vanilla extract and gradually add the egg – beating well. Stir in the milk.
  • Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and then fold into the butter and egg mixture. Stir in half the crushed candy canes.
  • Scoop tablespoons of cookie dough mixture and roll over the rest of the crushed candy canes before placing onto baking sheets leaving approx 4cm between each one as they expand.
  • Bake for 12 mins or until light browned. They should still be soft in the centre!
  • Leave to cool slightly and enjoy.

*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.

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Comments

  1. lovefromlisa says

    November 21, 2022 at 3:31 pm

    These look delicious, baking cookies is a Christmas tradition that I love and these are perfect for making with my 6 year old.

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