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5 from 11 votes

Candy Cane Cookies

These Candy Cane Cookies combine two of my favourite things. Cookies and Christmas! These cookies are gooey, soft and utterly epic. They contain white chocolate chips and candy canes.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Chilling Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 12 cookies
Author: Sarah Mark

Ingredients

For the Cookies

  • 125 g Unsalted Butter or Stork
  • 175 g Light Brown Sugar
  • 1 Large Egg
  • 350 g Plain Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Corn Flour
  • 200 g Candy Canes
  • 200 g White Chocolate Chips

For the Decoration

  • 100 g White Chocolate Chips
  • Sprinkles/Crushed Candy Canes

Instructions

To Make the Cookies

  • In a large bowl cream together the butterand sugar until lovely and light and creamy.
  • Add in the egg, plain flour, baking powder,corn flour and vanilla extract and mix until a dough is formed.
  • Leave your cookie dough to one side.
  • In a food processor add your candy canesand pulse until they are uneven chunks. If you don’t have a food processor putyour candy canes in a food safe bag and bash with a rolling pin.
  • Add the candy cane chunks to the cookiedough along with the white chocolate chips and mix until they are evenly distributed.
  • Roll your cookie dough into 12 equal sizedballs. Place them in the freezer for 20 minutes or fridge for 45 minutes.
  • Towards the end of the cooling period preheatyour oven to 180C (160C Fan) and line baking trays with baking parchment.
  • Bake the cookies in the oven for 12-15minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool fully.

To Decorate

  • Add your white chocolate to a heatproofbowl and melt in the microwave in 20 second bursts. Stirring in between until completelymelted.
  • Pour the mixture into your piping bag andcut the tip of the piping bag off. Drizzle over the cookies and decorate usingsprinkles or crushed candy canes.