Candy Cane Cookies

*I make the recipe twice adding the food coloring to one batch and the crushed candy canes to the other.

For bough doughs, cream the butter, sugar, and extracts until well blended. Then, for the white dough, stir in the flour, crushed candy canes and salt; and for the red dough, stir in the flour, salt and food coloring. Wrap up both bowls of dough and let chill for at least an hour.

Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper.

When ready to assemble the cookies take a small amount of the white dough and roll it out into a snake. Do the same thing with the red dough. Twist the two doughs together and curve them to the shape of a candy cane. Continue with the rest of the dough.

Mix the powdered sugar and crushed candy cane together in a bowl. Sprinkle sugar mixture on top of the cookies. Bake in a 350 degree (F) oven for 8-10 minutes.

Enjoy.

When doubling the recipe, this makes about 3 1/2 dozen large cookies.