White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies are a chewy and buttery sugar cookie filled with candy canes and white chocolate chips. Perfect for holiday baking!
Why You'll Love Them
Perfect mix of chewy and crunchy. The chewy sugar cookie base mixed with the crunch of the candy canes gives these cookies an amazing texture.
Great for holiday parties and cookie exchanges. These cookies are nice change to the regular Christmas cookies.
Festive. The taste and look of the candy canes make these cookies gorgeous and festive!
Step by Step Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F and lining baking trays with parchment paper.
Add the candy canes to a zip lock bag and crush into small pieces. Set aside.
In a large bowl or in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment on beat butter and white sugar together until light and fluffy. This usually takes about 3 minutes. Add in the egg, peppermint extract, and vanilla and mix till well incorporated.
In a separate large bowl whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and mix till combined. Fold in the white chocolate chips and crushed candy canes.
Scoop 3 tbsp worth of dough into a ball and place on the baking trays 2 inches apart.
Bake cookies for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown. The cookies will still look a little soft, but will stiffen up once cooled to room temperature.
After the cookies are removed from the oven top the warm cookies with extra crushed candy canes and white chocolate chips. Let cookies then cool on the tray until they are room temperature.
Frequently Asked Questions
STORING THE COOKIES
These cookies should be stored in an airtight container at room temperature. The cookies keep well up to four days.
HOW TO GET Perfectly ROUND COOKIES
As soon as the baked cookies are pulled from the oven place a round cookie cutter (a little bit large than the cookies) around the cookies and gently swirl it around. This will give your cookie a round shape. If you don’t have a cookie cutter you can use a glass or a jar lid.
CAN I MAKE THE COOKIES SMALLER?
Yes, you can the cookies smaller. Instead scoop 1.5 tbsp worth of dough and bake for 8-9 minutes.
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White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 C salted butter at room temperature
- 1 C white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp peppermint extract
- 2 C plus 2 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 regular sized candy canes crushed
- 1 C white chocolate chips
Topping the cookies
- 2 regular sized candy canes crushed into small pieces
- 1/3 C white chocoalte chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and lining baking trays with parchment paper.
- Add the candy canes to a zip lock bag and crush into small pieces. Set aside.5 regular sized candy canes
- In a large bowl or in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment on beat butter and white sugar together until light and fluffy. This usually takes about 3 minutes.1 C salted butter, 1 C white sugar
- Add in the egg, peppermint extract, and vanilla and mix till well incorporated.1 large egg, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 tsp peppermint extract
- In a separate large bowl whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.2 C plus 2 tbsp all purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and mix till combined.
- Fold in the white chocolate chips and crushed candy canes.1 C white chocolate chips, 5 regular sized candy canes
- Scoop 3 tbsp worth of dough into a ball and place on the baking trays 2 inches apart.
- Bake cookies for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown. The cookies will still look a little soft, but will stiffen up once cooled to room temperature.
- After the cookies are removed from the oven top with extra crushed candy canes and white chocolate chips. Let cookies then cool on the tray until they are room temperature.1/3 C white chocoalte chips, 2 regular sized candy canes
Sarah S
I’m not a great baker but these were so easy and my favourite cookies I’ve ever made. The peppermint is not overwhelming and the white chocolate chips are perfect with it. Love these so much!
Jessie M
Thank you so much for the review Sarah. I'm happy you loved them!!