Peppermint Pinkies

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supernanny @supernanny5
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My great aunt Signe's recipe. A holiday favorite.

Peppermint Pinkies

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

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Ingredients

  1. 1 cupButter, do not substitute
  2. 1/2 cupPowdered sugar
  3. 1/2 tspSalt
  4. 1/4 tspPeppermint extract
  5. 4 eachDrops of red food coloring
  6. 2 cupAll purpose flour
  7. Filling
  8. 1/4 cupCream cheese, softened
  9. 1 cupPowdered sugar
  10. 1/4 cupCrushed candy canes or peppermint candies
  11. 1 tspCream or milk

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    Cut the dough into 4 equal parts.

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

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

  7. 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. 8

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

  9. 9

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

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