Peppermint Pinkies

Name: Peppermint Pinkies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup Butter, do not substitute; 1/2 cup Powdered sugar; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/4 tsp Peppermint extract; 4 each Drops of red food coloring; 2 cup All purpose flour; 1/4 cup Cream cheese, softened; 1 cup Powdered sugar; 1/4 cup Crushed candy canes or peppermint candies; 1 tsp Cream or milk

supernanny @supernanny5

Minnesota

My great aunt Signe's recipe. A holiday favorite.

supernanny @supernanny5

Minnesota

My great aunt Signe's recipe. A holiday favorite.

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Ingredients

1 cupButter, do not substitute
1/2 cupPowdered sugar
1/2 tspSalt
1/4 tspPeppermint extract
4 eachDrops of red food coloring
2 cupAll purpose flour
Filling
1/4 cupCream cheese, softened
1 cupPowdered sugar
1/4 cupCrushed candy canes or peppermint candies
1 tspCream or milk

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Steps

1

Beat the butter, powdered sugar, salt, coloring & peppermint extract.
2

Mix in the flour. Using hands to form a cohesive dough ball.
3

Cut the dough into 4 equal parts.
4

Roll each quarter of the dough into a 12 inch rope and place on a cookie sheet.
5

Make an indentation down the center of each piece, but be careful not to go to the bottom.
6

Bake the cookies at 325 for 20 minutes. Do not let brown.
7

While cookies are baking, mix the filling and place in a piping bag or ziplock bag and have ready for when the cookies are done.
8

Let cookies cool for only a minute or 2, then pipe the filling evenly down the center well of each piece.
9

Let cookies cool completely on the pan and cut into equal size pieces.