Candy Cane Crisps - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, unsifted
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup peppermint candy, crushed and divided
1/2 cup powdered sugar, for rolling

Preparation

Oven 325.
Beat together butter and powdered sugar until creamy.
Mix in vanilla extract.
Add flour, oats and salt.
Combine well.
Stir in 1/4 cup crushed candy canes.
Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of the dough in the 1/2 cup powdered sugar.
Place balls about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
Flatten with a fork in a criss-cross pattern and sprinkle cookies with about 1/4 tsp of remaining crushed candy canes.
Bake at 325 for 18-20 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are SLIGHTLY brown.
Let cookies cool on the pan for about 2 minutes, and then transfer to a rack to cool.