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ASHLEY TISDALE'S CANDY CANE COOKIES

WELCOME TO DAY 1 OF OUR CELEBRITY COOKIE RECIPE BAKE OFF. TRAYNOR’S BAKERY WHOLESALE IS EXCITED TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE, TIPS AND TRICKS WHEN IT COMES TO EACH RECIPE. SIX CELEBRITIES, ONE STAR COOKIE. FOLLOW ALONG TO SEE WHO OUR FAVOURITE COOKIE RECIPE BELONGS TO!

RECIPE FOR ASHLEY TISDALE’S CANDY CANE COOKIES BELOW.

Celebrity Cookie Winter 2024 Ashley Tisdale | Traynor's Wholesale Bakery.

Many of you know Ashley Tisdale from her Disney days and today we had the chance to try out her Candy Cane cookie recipe! It’s safe to say they turned out quite nice. These cookies are great for the holiday season. The holidays are all about giving and spreading joy and what better way to do that than making Christmas cookies.

Ashley’s Candy Cane cookies had a very convenient base. Eight simple ingredients, flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, food colouring and powdered sugar. Almost 75% of these ingredients can be found in your own kitchen. The ease of working with ingredients that you have and are familiar with are a nice way to start your Christmas baking.

1 Celebrity Cookie Ashley 2024 | Traynor's Wholesale Bakery.

After mixing and forming a dough, it’s time to separate it into 2 equal parts. One for red and one for white (plain). Based on past experience, adding a gel food colouring will be in your best interest, as it gives a brighter and deeper colour. Versus a liquid colouring which has a weaker colour and changes the consistency of the dough. Use what you have or have access too, but for that rich red colour, gel is your best option. Creating the candy cane shapes was a challenge at first but after some adjustments, we got the hang of it. Remember, keeping the dough cold is crucial when shaping dough with your hands. The original recipe calls for two small chunks of each colour. Rolling them into strips, twisting them together, then shaping into candy canes. This seemed to leave us with two strips of cookie dough twisted together that didn’t quite look like a candy cane at all. Instead we found that taking two larger chunks of dough, rolling them into logs and then rolling the two colours together into a long strip left us with a much more stable dough to twist and shape into a candy cane. Rather than making one cookie at a time we created longer strips and cut candy canes using a dough scraper. This helped create straight edges and quickened the process.

2 Celebrity Cookie Ashley 2024 | Traynor's Wholesale Bakery.

As we all know, adding baking powder vs baking soda will change the way our cookies bake. In this specific recipe we are using baking powder. Allow 1-2 inches on each side of the cookies when placing on the baking sheets. These cookies did puff up a decent amount. So make sure to always leave enough room. When baking your cookies, please don’t over bake!! These cookies are meant to hold a beautiful candy cane shape while still having a soft inside. Our cookies took 12 minutes total. We adjusted our cookie size so adding 2 minutes onto baking time is perfectly fine. The key to amazing cookies is seeing when they are done and not relying solely on your timer. When you see a slightly golden edge you know your cookies are ready to take out and finish baking outside of the oven. Because we want these cookies to be soft on the inside we don’t want to keep them in the oven any longer than they need to be. Allow cookies to rest on the tray for 5-7 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack. This will allow the cookie to set and make handling much easier. Overall, Ashley Tisdale’s Candy Cane Cookies turned out amazing. The candy cane shape is a great way to have a basic sugar cookie and make it fun. We recommend trying out this cookie to make for your annual cookie exchange or having a fun day with the kids. This dough can be freezed and used for later if you run out of time or space. Add your own twist to these cookies by adding different flavoured extracts or sugar sprinkles for a nice crunch.

Celebrity Cookie Ashley 2024 | Traynor's Wholesale Bakery.

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ASHLEY TISDALE'S CANDY CANE COOKIES

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