Candy canes are so popular at Christmas times so no better time for me to try these Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies with Peppermint Icing. 
Candy canes are so popular at Christmas times so no better time for me to try these Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies with Peppermint Icing. Even the sound of pink peppermint brings on a smile.
Christmas is the perfect time of year to break out your cookies cutters and make these peppermint-flavored cut out sugar cookies, the cookie dough is easy to work with, needs no refrigerating, doesn’t spread, meaning it holds its shape.
The icing on these cookies is flavored with peppermint too, making them not only pretty in pink with the help of a little pink food coloring, but they have just the right amount of minty-ness!
Be sure to get all my tips for baking perfect cut out cookies here.
When these cookies were iced I added some edible glitter, like this type. It gives a great sparkle to the cookies but doesn’t show as well in the photographs. You can see it a little bit on the parchment paper, but in real life, the glitter on the cookies is really pretty!
If you’re looking for chocolate glaze icing for these, look here!
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 3/4-3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoon corn syrup
- 2-3 Tablespoons water
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 3 drops soft pink colo
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In the bowl of a mixer cream together butter and confectioner's sugar.
- Add to this the egg and flavorings.
- Mix in the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Mix until the dough forms a ball, or pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Roll out on a floured surface and cut into desired shapes.
- Bake at 400° for 7-8 minutes.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely, then mix the icing.
- Mix sugar with corn syrup and water along with extract and food coloring until icing is smooth. Pipe onto cookies using a #3 tip.
- I put some edible glitter on the cookies to make them shine!
- Let the icing dry before packaging for at least 12 hours.
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Laurel says
Diane, i n the recipe, it says “2 tsp” but doesn’t say 2 tsp. of WHAT (after the egg). Is it supposed to be 2 tsp. of flavoring?
Thanks for posting your recipes.
JulieD says
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you joined in on the swap and I loved that you ended up being assigned to me. Your cookies were so tasty! I love the little paper you wrote a little note for me on. You’re so sweet and I hope we get to meet at a conference again next year!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
Gorgeous!!!!
*almost* too pretty to eat 🙂
Jessica says
Aww I love these! So adorable!!
Carolyn says
Love these, Diane!
shelly (cookies and cups) says
These sound great!
alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says
too cute!
Lauren at Keep It Sweet says
What a pretty cookie! Such a great pick for the cookie swap.
Raina says
These are so pretty and festive! They sound delicious too:)
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
So pretty! Love the little sparkle from the glitter.
Jeanette says
So pretty and cheery!
nicole {sweet peony} says
these are so cute! i love how they have a little shimmer to them 🙂
TidyMom says
so cute and I love the idea of peppermint icing!
Melissa says
These are so pretty! And they tasted great–thanks again 🙂
Barbie says
My husband is going to LOVE these! Thanks for sharing.
Wenderly says
Those are so darling!
Kate H. says
I’m definitely a sucker for anything peppermint/candy cane!
Barbara @ Barbara Bakes says
What a fun way to change up sugar cookies for the holiday!
Martha says
Love your peppermint candy canes. They’re just so pretty in pink!! My brother and I have a cookie recipe website (www.best-ever-cookie-collection.com) We are having a cookie recipe contest with great prizes and would love to have you enter this or one of your other recipes for a chance to win.
Warmly,
Martha
Laura says
These look pretty thick–in a good way! Does that mean you rolled them out pretty thick (1/4 inch or so)?
Diane says
Yes I roll them thick, I prefer them that way. Somewhere between 1/4 and 3/8.