Christmas Cookie Exchange

Candy Cane Cookies

-Jenn Iverson

1 cup shortening

1 cup powdered sugar

1 egg

1 ½ tsp almond extract

1 tsp vanilla

2 ½ cups flour

1 tsp salt

Mix together the first five ingredients. Sift in flour and salt (in MA, I add an extra ¼ cup of flour or so. You want the dough to be manageable, but not too dry). Divide the dough into three sections. Color one section red and one green with food coloring, leaving one section white. Roll each color into ropes and twist them together to make candy canes. Sprinkle with sugar or finely crushed candy canes. Bake at 375º for 9 minutes.