• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

The Preschool Toolbox Blog

Educational Learning and Play for Children 2-7

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Shop Lesson Plans
    • My Downloads
  • About
    • PR/Social Media
  •  
  • Literacy
  • Math
  • PreK
  • Science
  • Fall Theme Activities
  • Preschool Themes

Dec 22, 2011
Christmas Theme· Math

Legend of the Candy Cane ~ Cookies for Christmas Eve!

Thanks for sharing!

  • Share
  • Tweet

Legend of the Candy Cane CookiesEvery Christmas Eve we make a very old sugar cookie recipe that belonged to my great grandmother.  The original recipe calls for lard, but we always substitute butter flavored shortening.  The cookie is a mildly sweet, biscuit-like cookie that literally melts in your mouth.  

For Candy Cane Cookies:  Make 1/2 of the batch red by adding red food coloring (be sure to note any food coloring allergies before making as gifts for other children.)  Our kids rolled “dough logs” from each color and twisted the dough logs to form the candy canes.  The cookies and Candy Cane Legend printable (linked below) make a wonderful Christmas Eve present for neighbors, friends, and family.

Opal’s Sugar Cookie Recipe – THE LEGEND OF THE CANDY CANE

1 cup lard or butter flavored shortening

3 eggs

½ tsp. salt

5 ½ cups flour

2 cups sugar

3 tsp. baking powder

1 cup milk

1 tsp. vanilla

Cream the lard (shortening) and sugar together.   Add the milk and vanilla, and then all the dry ingredients.  Mix well.  Set in refrigerator for at least an hour.  Pat (do not roll) the dough to desired thickness on a lightly floured board.  Cut into shapes.  Bake in a 350 oven for 12-15 min. (do not over bake.) Decorate the cookies as desired.

Candy Cane Patterns – Candy Cane Patterns

While the cookies are baking, the children can help make the candy cane legend tags and play with candy cane patterns.  The candy cane file (linked above) is an AB pattern page. Print the file and have the children cut out the candy cane pictures at the bottom of page 1 to use in the pattern boxes on page 1.  The children can draw their own candy canes in the boxes to finish each of the patterns.  Older children can draw more difficult patterns, cut red and white shapes from construction paper, or cut pictures from the boxes on page 1 to glue in the blank pattern boxes on page 2.  Even very young children can recognize the red/white patterns in the candy cane stripes.  Explanations for the meaning of the stripes can be simplified to be age-appropriate for younger children.

 

From our families to YOU and YOURS, we wish you a wonderful and blessed Christmas!  

If you would like to see more of our themes, check them out here.

2 Comments

Join our newsletter & receive the FREE DOWNLOAD:
Explorations with ALL 5 SENSES!

Enjoy in the classroom or at home!



Previous Post: « Extension Activities for “The Mitten” by Jan Brett
Next Post: “RINGing” in the New Year with a Circle Theme Kids Party! »

Reader Interactions

Trackbacks

  1. 5 Holiday Activities for the Whole Family - Simply Vicki says:
    November 25, 2014 at 7:00 am

    […] Legend of the Candy Cane Cookies […]

    Reply
  2. Christmas Cookie Recipes: 50+ Must-Make Festive Ideas for Kids » For Modern Kids says:
    May 20, 2018 at 2:02 am

    […] Candy Cane Cookies from Preschool Toolbox […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

SEARCH for an ACTIVITY or SEASONAL THEME HERE!

Subscribe

Theme Activites, Parenting, Education

Copyright © 2023 · The Preschool Toolbox · Become an Affiliate · Web Hosting & Design by Servously

The Preschool Toolbox Blog uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and to personalize content. If you continue to use this site, you consent to our use of cookies. Click READ MORE for details: Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT