Candy Cane Cookies
[60 Minutes]
The holiday season is a time of wonderful smells, colors, and tastes. Take time with your child to create some fun treats!
You'll need:
• 1/2 cup butter • 1 cup sugar • 1 egg • 1/2 tsp. salt • 2 tsp. baking powder • 2 cups flour • 1/2 tsp. vanilla • red food coloring • bowl • spoon • measuring cup and spoons • cookie sheet
What to do:
- Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl.
- Invite your child help you add the egg, salt, baking powder and vanilla. Mix well.
- Fold in the 2 cups of flour gradually.
- Divide this recipe in half, adding red food coloring to half the dough.
- Help your child roll a "snake" of red dough about 3 inches long by 1/2 inch wide. Repeat the same procedure with the white dough.
- Help him twist the two strips together shaping it into a candy cane.
- If the cookies are not shaped perfectly, that's OK. The process is more important than the end result.
- Bake the cookies in a 350 degree F. oven for 7-10 minutes.
Let's Talk: Ideas to Explore Together.
- Can you roll "snakes" with this dough?
- Does this cookie dough feel the same as play dough?
- What colors did we use to make the candy cane cookies?
- Do they look like real candy canes?
- Did you have fun making cookies?
Useful information:
While you are having fun together, this activity helps your child develop small muscle skills and pre-math skills.
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