Candy Cane Cookies

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CANDY CANE COOKIES

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup shortening (half butter            2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
       or margarine)                                   1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sifted confectioners'                 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
       sugar                                             1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy
1 egg                                                    1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract           1 teaspoon vanilla

Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Mix shortening, sugar, egg and flavorings thoroughly.  Measure flour by dipping method or by sifting. Mix flour and salt; stir into shortening mixture.  Divide dough in half.  Blend food coloring into one half.  Roll a 4 inch strip (using 1 teaspoon dough) from each color.  For smooth, even strips, roll them back and forth on lightly floured board.  Place strips side by side, press lightly together and twist like rope.  For best results, complete cookies one at a time-if all the dough of one color is shaped first, strips become too dry to twist.  Place on un-greased baking sheet.  Curve top to form handle of cane.  Bake about 9 minutes until lightly browned.  While still warm, sprinkle with mixture of candy and sugar.

YIELD: about 4 dozen

These cookies were a special treat during the Christmas Holidays!

LEAVING ON A SPIRITUAL NOTE

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Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

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Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”

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Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”

Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

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