Peppermint Pinkies

• 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

1. Beat the butter, powdered sugar, salt, coloring & peppermint extract.
2. Mix in the flour.
3. Using hands to form a cohesive dough ball.
4. Cut the dough into 4 equal parts.
5. Roll each quarter of the dough into a 12 inch rope and place on a cookie sheet.
6. Make an indentation down the center of each piece, but be careful not to go to the bottom.
7. Bake the cookies at 325 for 20 minutes.
8. Do not let brown.
9. 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.
10. Let cookies cool for only a minute or 2, then pipe the filling evenly down the center well of each piece.
11. Let cookies cool completely on the pan and cut into equal size pieces.

butter, powdered sugar, salt, drops of red food coloring, flour, cream cheese, powdered sugar, canes, cream

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/351368-peppermint-pinkies (may not work)