Candy Cane Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. shortening or margarine
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. red food coloring
1 c. confectioners sugar

Preparation

Cream butter, margarine or shortening, egg, almond extract and vanilla extract together.
Add flour, salt and confectioners sugar.
Divide dough in half and add red food coloring to one of the halves.
With well floured hands roll balls of dough into strips about 4 inches long.
Placing a red and a plain strip together twist and then shape into a cane.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 9 minutes.