Instructions

  1. Oven 325.
  2. Beat together butter and powdered sugar until creamy.
  3. Mix in vanilla extract.
  4. Add flour, oats and salt.
  5. Combine well.
  6. Stir in 1/4 cup crushed candy canes.
  7. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of the dough in the 1/2 cup powdered sugar.
  8. Place balls about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
  9. Flatten with a fork in a criss-cross pattern and sprinkle cookies with about 1/4 tsp of remaining crushed candy canes.
  10. Bake at 325 for 18-20 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are SLIGHTLY brown.
  11. Let cookies cool on the pan for about 2 minutes, and then transfer to a rack to cool.