Peppermint Cookie (lolli)pops

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups candy canes
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 48 lollipop sticks

Recipe

• 1 crush 1/3 cup candy canes into fine powder using a blender or food processor, set aside. crush the remainding 1 cup until coarse.
• 2 preheat oven to 375 f.
• 3 beat butter and brown and regular sugar in mixer until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla.
• 4 in separate bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pulverized candy canes. stir into butter mixture using wooden spoon.
• 5 grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
• 6 drop drough by tablespoons onto baking sheets. slide lollipop stick under bottom half of each cookie. bake for 6 minute.
• 7 remove cookies from oven and sprinkle coarse candy cane over cookies, pressing gently into each cookie.
• 8 place back in oven for another 5-8 min or until golden.
• 9 let cool on baking sheet for 5 min and remove and cool completely on cooling rack.