Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2012

I saw a recipe similar to this, to help with the dough rolling sprinkle some flour onto the board. I also used butter instead of margarine, it gives it more of a buttery flavor. I did not find the need to grease the cookie sheet, use the non stick kind instead. Hope this info helps.

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Sue

Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2012

This is the same recipe my family has been using from as far back as I can remember. Wonderful. A Christmas favorite.

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sleslie

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2012

My family loves these!! To make the dough easier to work with I wrap each color dough ball in plastic and refrigerate for at least an hour or until the dough is firm. I am making these for Valentine's Day this year so I am coloring all the dough red and rolling the dough out and cutting out hearts and decorating them with cookie icing.

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alecia3

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2012

These are my husbands favorite cookie. They are a bit of a pain to make but they are super cute and tasty. This recipe is missing the sugar/crushed peppermint topping though which is the key part of the cookie! Just mix equal parts sugar with finely crushed peppermints or candy canes. Top when the cookies are JUST out of the oven. If you are having problems with the topping not sticking, brush the cookies with a little corn syrup.

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rcole63301

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Amherst, Ohio, USA

Living In: Savannah, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2011

Not completely impressed. Swelled up to look pretty ugly in the oven. The kids didn't eat any of them, the flavor was pretty blah. I'd rather color regular sugar cookie dough and twist into candy canes.

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AFWifeMomNurseAmy

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Living In: Raeford, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2011

This recipe is verbatim from the old Betty Crocker cook book. The presentation of this cookie was always better then the taste. IMO

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polecatt

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Living In: Houston, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2011

I've been making these cookies since my kids were very small. It has always been one of their favorites. I now make them for my great-grandkids. The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is because it is very time consuming and takes a lot of work.

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memlaine

Reviewed: Sep. 3, 2011

they burned too fast, i had to cook them in much less time. i do have an evil oven to work with and once i messed around with the cook time these were good.

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Mrs. Bishop

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2010

I was not really impressed with these. I made them according to the recipe and they did not really taste like anything. They were also hard to roll and work with. The kids ended up combining the dough to make regular round cookies that looked like Christmas balls. Candy Cane Cookies II worked out much better.

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SweetTexasSmarty

Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2010

Making these cookies drove me crazy. I even tried all the tips, but the dough breaks up too easily. I'll stick to other cookie recipes in the future. The taste of the dough is good though. We preferred almond and not the alternate suggestions of peppermint flavoring.

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