Local Recipes - Simple Cookie Canes

Contributed by Virginia Carey, Monroe Village Clerk One thing on which most Americans agree is that a traditional holiday meal starts with a plump and juicy turkey. The basic side dishes are also well established - stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce. But each of us also has a favorite special holiday dish or a special way of preparing one of the classics, and the recipes for them are handed down from generation to generation. Here are some of those favorites, courtesy of people you may know. Simple Cookie Canes 1 cup butter 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar 2 tsp. vanilla 2 cups sifted flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 cup oatmeal Cream butter, add sugar gradually and cream until fluffy. Sift flour and salt together. Add to creamed mixture along with vanilla mixing thoroughly. Stir in oats until blended. Shape by rolling about a rounded teaspon of dough in palm of hand to desired length, and place on cookie sheet. Shape the crook of the cane from the top length of dough. Bake in slow oven 325 degrees for 20-25 min. or until done. Frost with red icing, barber pole style.