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1. Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer, or use a large bowl with a hand-held electric beater. Beat in the vanilla and egg, then add the flour. Beat until smooth, remove from the bowl and separate it into two. Blend one half with red food colouring, adding until you get the depth of colour you want. Wrap both in clingfilm and chill for 30 minutes. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
2. Roll both doughs out to 5mm thick. Cut into 1/2 cm strips and chill for 5-10 minutes until slightly firm. Take one of each colour, then press on top of each other. Press the ends together then carefully twist and roll them so they become a smooth rope. Shape into a candy cane and put on a baking sheet lined with baking paper (you might need to chill the dough between rollings if it gets too soft). Chill for 10 minutes then bake for 8 minutes. Cool on a baking rack.

Per cane

80 kcalories, protein 0.9g, carbohydrate 9.9g, fat 4.4 g, saturated fat 2.7g, fibre 0.2g, salt 0.01 g

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• bethlewissmile

  29 October 2008

  bethlewissmile commented on this recipe

  how well and how long do they keep for? look great!

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• my resipes

  11 December 2008

  my resipes commented on this recipe

  you need to have alot of patience for these! but they taste good, they are like biscuits!

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• Ami

  18 December 2008

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  They are a little hard to make, they break when you try to form them and you have to put the dough in the fridge every 5 minutes. If you are a calm baker and you want some Christmas spirit on your table, you should try them. They really look lovely and the kids love them!

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• Ben

  30 December 2008

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  Hard, but tasty

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Ingredients

• red food colouring

SUGAR COOKIE DOUGH

• 200g unsalted butter , at room temperature
• 150g caster sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 300g plain flour , sifted

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Difficulty and servings

Makes 40

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 30 minutes, plus chilling

Ingredients

• red food colouring

SUGAR COOKIE DOUGH

• 200g unsalted butter , at room temperature
• 150g caster sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 300g plain flour , sifted

Per cane

80 kcalories, protein 0.9g, carbohydrate 9.9g, fat 4.4 g, saturated fat 2.7g, fibre 0.2g, salt 0.01 g

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