How To Make Candy-Stripe Cookie Sticks
With their unmistakable stripes, these cookie sticks signal Christmas all the way through. They’re easy to make and make for great holiday presents.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 8large egg whites
- 2cupssugar
- 2cupsall purpose flour
- pinch of coarse salt
- 10tbspunsalted butter
- ¼cupheavy cream
- 2tbspheavy cream
- 1tsppure vanilla extract
- red gel paste food coloring
Instructions
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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.
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Transfer 1 cup batter to a small bowl (set remaining batter aside). Stir in red coloring until desired color is reached.
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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.
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Put a 3×6-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.
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Pipe diagonal tinted stripes onto each rectangle. Bake cookies for 6 to 8 minutes, until pale golden.
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Immediately loosen edges with a spatula, and flip cookie over. Starting from one long side, roll cookie into a stick.
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Place, seam side down, on a clean work surface; let cool until set. Quickly repeat with second cookie.
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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.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 131.14kcal
- Fat:Â 5.04g
- Saturated Fat:Â 3.13g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.16g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 1.32g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.22g
- Carbohydrates:Â 19.86g
- Fiber:Â 0.23g
- Sugar:Â 13.50g
- Protein:Â 1.92g
- Cholesterol:Â 14.26mg
- Sodium:Â 89.12mg
- Calcium:Â 5.13mg
- Potassium:Â 27.12mg
- Iron:Â 0.40mg
- Vitamin A: 44.64µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.02mg
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