Candy Cane Cookies

• 12 cup butter
• 12 cup shortening
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 12 cups flour, sifted
• 12 teaspoon red food coloring
• 12 cup peppermint stick candy, crushed
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 cup granulated sugar

1. Cream together butter and shortening, sifted sugar and vanilla until smooth.
2. Fold in egg and beat together.
3. Sift together flour and salt and add to mixture.
4. Divide dough in half and blend food colouring into one half.
5. Roll 1 teaspoons of each colour dough into 5" strips on a lightly floured board.
6. Lay a red and a white strip side by side, press lightly together and roll and twist into rope form.
7. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet with one end curved to form the handle.
8. Bake in 375F oven for 9 minutes or until lightly browned.
9. While still hot sprinkle with mixture of peppermint candy and granulated sugar.

butter, shortening, sugar, vanilla, flour, red food coloring, peppermint stick candy, egg, salt, sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/candy-cane-cookies-264253 (may not work)