Make Your Own Candy Canes

If you haven't thought about making your Christmas candy cane before maybe this is the year that you will give it a go!  Candy canes are not hard to make but they do require a little bit of tender loving care during the process.    Give my candy cane recipe a try and tell me if you enjoy it:

You will need to get:

• two bowls

• beater

• cutting board

• rolling pin

• baking trays

You will need to have on hand the following ingredients:

• 185 gm butter

• 1 cup icing sugar sifted

• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

• 1 teaspoon almond essence

• 1 egg

• 2 1/2 cups sifted flour

• Red food colouring

To Start:

Cream the butter and icing sugar together.  Then add the essences and the egg.  Beat well.   Fold in the flour. Divide mixture in half.    In one half add a couple of drops of red food colouring.   Chill both mixtures for about 15 minutes in the fridge.

Heat up the oven to about 180C. Roll about a tablespoon from each mix on a floured board into strips of about 12 centimetres.   Place strips next to each other and twist into candy cane shape. Repeat until all the mix is used up and you have licked the bowl clean!

Put all the little canes on an ungreased baking tray and bake for about 10 minutes until lightly golden.  Let them cool on trays and eat!

If any candy canes are left over ...store them in airtight container until you next feel like a sweet treat.

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You won't gain any pounds looking at these candy canes although they certainly look good enough to eat!