Basic Country Butter Cookies

Ingredients

1/2 c butter
3/4 c brown sugar
1 ts vanilla extract
1 egg
2 c all purpose flour
1/2 ts baking powder
1/4 ts salt
1/4 thickness on floured surface
12 cookies
2 tbsp seedless raspberry jam

Instructions

red food coloring into half dough; after chilling, roll plain and colored dough by heaping teaspoonsful into 6-inch-long ropes. Twist ropes together by twos to form candy canes. Brush lightly with beaten egg white; sprinkle with pink sugar crystals. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Makes about 8 dozen. ----