More Holiday Treats

I found this recipe in a book about Christmas projects from the library.  I had to try it out.  The secret is that the recipe uses powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar.  Also, there is ground peppermint candy in the red part of the cane.  I didn't get the hang of the twisting until the last batch of cookies.  The first 7 cookies were huge.  The housewife in me wanted smaller cookies so that more people could have some.  Oh well, they eventually got to the perfect size.  I used ground peppermint for sprinkles but they were too fine and didn't show up on the cookies.  Again, oh well.  So here's what homemade candy cane cookies look like: