Oatmeal Candy Cane Cookies
My first Christmas with my husband’s family, I discovered that not everyone has the same definition for “candy cane cookies.” When my husband requested them, I made my family’s favorite recipe: a hearty, oatmeal cookie filled with candy cane chunks and glazed with powdered sugar and crushed candy cane. We’d gotten the recipe from another homeschool mom when I was a little girl, and my family has enjoyed them every year since.
But they were quite unlike the ones my husband’s mom and sister made each year: literal candy cane red and white twists of dough with almond flavoring. The traditional candy cane cookies of my inlaws are very pretty—but I’m not a fan of almond flavoring and am doing good to get drop cookies made, let alone something fancier! So I make my favorite recipe every year and they make theirs, and we all enjoy them together at Christmastime (if they last that long).
What’s your favorite Christmas cookie?
Oatmeal Candy Cane Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 c. butter
- 1 c. brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 t. vanilla
- 2 c. flour
- 1 t. soda
- 1/2 t. salt
- 2 c. oats
- 1/2 c. crushed candy canes
Glaze
- 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
- 2-3 T. milk
- 3 T. finely crushed candy canes
Instructions
- Cream butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla, then add dry ingredients. Drop into 1-inch balls on cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes at 350. Cool and glaze.
These have become some of my FAVORITE cookies. I don’t usually make the glaze for the top because I find they’re sweet enough as is. I was sure I’d pinned this recipe a long time ago & the. I couldn’t find it – I started panicking, then came across your page again. THANK YOU!
Yay! I’m so glad your candy cane cookie recipe is the same one I grew up with!! After developing an allergy to artificial dyes years ago I didn’t think I’d ever have them again… but with the popularity of all things organic I’ve got some all natural candy canes and veggie juice based red dye, now armed with your recipe, because I lost Grandma’s old one, I’m excited for a taste of the past. Thanks so much for posting it! Have a wonderful Holiday!!
my definition of candy cane cookies is Chocolate chip cookies with chunks of candy cane in them mmmMMMmm…. nothing like chocolate and mint around the holidays!! 🙂 your oatmeal ones sound yummy too!!
I love krumkake–http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krumkake. My parents gave me a krumkake iron recently so this week I’m planning to make some!