Candy Cane Twists Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Candy Cane Twists
Add your photo!
Count
Calories

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp peppermint extract
  • red & green food coloring

Directions:

  1. In a small bowl, whish 2 cups of the flour, the baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until smooth, about 1 min. Beat in egg, egg white and peppermint. On low speed, beat in flour mixture. Remove half of dough to a bowl, tint dough darge pink, reddish with 6-8 drops of red food coloring. Knead 4 drops green food coloring into second half of dough. Flatten each piece into a 8-in disc, wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate 2 hours.
  2. Heat oven to 350. On a floured surface, roll out dark pink dough to a 10x8 in rectangle. Cut lengthwise into 16 1/2 in strips. Cut each strip in half crosswise, you will have 32 strips, each 5 x 1/2 inch. Roll with hands to make 6-in ropes. Repeat with green dough.
  3. Twist together one pink and one green rope. Curl one end of each twist into a hook to form a candy cane shape. Transfer to an ungreased baking sheet, brush with egg whtie, repeat.
  4. Bake cookies at 350 for 8-10 min, until firm and golden around edges. Remove promptly from baking sheets, carefully transfer to wire racks to cool.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2258.55 Kcal (9456 kJ)
Calories from fat 897.73 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 99.75g 153%
Cholesterol 430.03mg 143%
Sodium 1365.27mg 57%
Potassium 759.11mg 16%
Total Carbs 296.49g 99%
Sugars 79.45g 318%
Dietary Fiber 8.49g 34%
Protein 43.02g 86%
Vitamin A 1.1mg 38%
Iron 4mg 22%
Calcium 211.9mg 21%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 378.54 Kcal (1585 kJ)
Calories from fat 150.46 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.72g 153%
Cholesterol 72.07mg 143%
Sodium 228.82mg 57%
Potassium 127.23mg 16%
Total Carbs 49.69g 99%
Sugars 13.32g 318%
Dietary Fiber 1.42g 34%
Protein 7.21g 86%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 38%
Iron 0.7mg 22%
Calcium 35.5mg 21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 52.7
    Points
  • 61
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top