Candy Stripe Cookie Sticks Recipes

CANDY-STRIPE COOKIE STICKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put egg whites and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, and beat on medium speed until foamy. Reduce speed to low. Add flour and salt; mix until just combined. Add butter, cream, and vanilla, and beat until combined.
• Transfer 1 cup batter to a small bowl (set remaining batter aside). Stir in red coloring until desired color is reached. Transfer tinted batter to a pastry bag fitted with a small plain round tip (such as Ateco #2). Secure end of pastry bag with rubber band. Set aside.
• Put a 3-by-6-inch rectangle (cut out a stencil to use as a guide) on a baking sheet lined with a Silpat baking mat. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of plain batter into the rectangle, and spread with a small offset spatula. Repeat. Pipe diagonal tinted stripes onto each rectangle. Bake cookies until pale golden, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Immediately loosen edges with a spatula, and flip cookie over. Starting from one long side, roll cookie into a stick. Place, seam side down, on a clean work surface; let cool until set. Quickly repeat with second cookie.
• Repeat process, tinting and baking 2 or 3 cookies at a time. Cookies can be stored between layers of parchment in airtight containers at room temperature up to 1 week.

COOKIE-WRAPPED CANDY BARS ON A STICK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Insert wooden stick into each candy bar.
• Remove cookie dough from wrapper; cut into 24 pieces. Roll each piece into ball; flatten each ball slightly in hand. Place candy bar in center of flattened dough. Wrap dough around candy, covering and sealing completely. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet, overlapping wooden sticks as needed.
• Bake at 350°F. for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets; place on wire racks. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled. (Do not pick up cookies using stick until completely cooled.)

COOKIE STICKS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the oil, sugars, egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to sugar mixture and mix well. Divide dough in half. , On a greased baking sheet, shape each portion into a 15x3-in. rectangle about 3 in. apart. Sprinkle chocolate chips and, if desired, nuts over dough; press lightly. , Bake at 375° for 6-7 minutes. (Bake for 8-9 minutes for crispier cookies.) Cool for 5 minutes. Cut with a serrated knife into 1-in. strips; remove to wire racks to cool.

CANDY-STRIPE COOKIE STICKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Put egg whites and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, and beat on medium speed until foamy. Reduce speed to low. Add flour and salt; mix until just combined. Add butter, cream, and vanilla, and beat until combined.
• Transfer 1 cup batter to a bowl (set remaining batter aside). Stir in red coloring until desired color is reached. Transfer tinted batter to a pastry bag fitted with a small plain round tip (such as Ateco #2). Secure end of pastry bag with rubber band. Set aside.
• Put a 3 by 6-inch rectangle stencil on a baking sheet lined with a nonstick baking mat (such as Silpat). Spoon a heaping tablespoon of plain batter into the rectangle, and spread with a small offset spatula. Repeat with stencil and more batter. Pipe evenly spaced diagonal tinted stripes onto each rectangle. Bake until pale golden, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Immediately loosen edges with a spatula, and flip cookie over. Starting from one long side, roll cookie into a thin cylinder. Place seam side down on a clean work surface; let cool until set. Quickly repeat with second cookie. Repeat process, tinting and baking two or three cookies at a time. Cookies can be stored between layers of parchment in airtight containers at room temperature up to 1 week.
• How to Form Cookie Sticks
• 1. Cut a 3 by 6-inch rectangle from card-board as a template. Position template on baking sheet, and spoon on a tablespoon of batter. Spread it to fill template with an offset spatula.
• 2. Pipe evenly spaced diagonal stripes over batter. Repeat a second time on same baking sheet.
• 3. Bake flat, and roll cookies while they're still warm, then set aside to cool.

CANDY STRIPE TWIST COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together and set aside the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Cream butter and sugar til fluffy.
• Beat in egg and oil of anise.
• Sift in dry ingredients a third at a time, alternately adding with milk.
• Stir until well blended.
• Divide dough in half and tint one half pink.
• Pinch off 1 tsp each of pink and white dough and roll each into a pencil-thin strip about 5 inches long on a lightly floured board.
• Place strips side by side, pressing ends together, then twist gently into a rope.
• Shape into candy canes if desired, or leave straight for old-fashioned peppermint stick look.
• Bake 1 inch apart at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, or until firm.
• Cool on wire racks, then store between layers of waxed paper in cookie tin.

QUICK CANDY COOKIE STICKS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• In large bowl, mix sugars, oil, vanilla and egg with spoon until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in 1/4 cup of the candies.
• Divide dough into fourths. Shape each fourth into roll, about 14 inches long, on ungreased cookie sheet, placing 2 rolls on a cookie sheet. Pat each roll to about 1/2-inch thickness. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the remaining candies on each strip; press lightly.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until golden brown; cool 2 minutes. Cut each strip crosswise into 1-inch slices; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.