Recipes / Christmas cookies
Ashley Spotkill, aspotkill@ajc.com
One of my favorite things about the holidays has always been baking. As a kid I would spend hours in the kitchen with my mom shaping, decorating and taste-testing dozens of cookie recipes. The cookies themselves were delicious, but it was the bonding with my mom that gave me the most joy. These candy cane cookies were one of my favorites to make: They involve bright colors, rolling out long strands of dough and they were something I could handle on my own. Years later, candy cane cookies still top my list of holiday favorites, and I credit them for helping turn me into the avid baker I am today.
The recipe for Candy Cane Twist Cookies
- Ashley Spotkill
This is the 13th of 13 Christmas Cookie recipes, a baker's dozen for December. Scroll down for the full list, plus some holiday extras, including Gingerbread, Fruitcake Cookies and Stained Glass Cookies.
Baker's Dozen cookie recipes
- Day 1 recipe: Aristocrats Cookies recipe
- Day 2: Butter Ball Cookies recipe
- Day 3: Seven Layer Cookie Bars recipe
- Day 4: Chocolate Tipped Butter Cookies recipe
- Day 5: Mint Chocolate Meringue Cookies recipe
- Day 6: Snickerdoodles recipe
- Day 7: Church Window Cookies recipe
- Day 8: Vanilla Wreath Cookies recipe
- Day 9: Chocolate Ornament Cookies recipe
- Day 10: Buttermilk Praline Cookies recipe
- Day 11: Mama E's Surprise Kisses
- Day 12: Toffee Squares
- Day 13: Candy Cane Twists
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