Christmas is the perfect time for cookies, cookies, and more cookies! Whether you're making cookies for Santa or cookies for your family, no Christmas is complete without cookies! And now Food Network star (and First Lady of New York) Sandra Lee has offered her best Christmas cookie recipe... specifically, for her Candy Cane Cookies!

Sandra sometimes comes under fire from critics, though, because her style of cooking focuses on a "semi-homemade" recipes (that is, only part of the recipe is "from scratch"; the rest are from pre-made items). Still, you have to admit this Candy Cane Cookie recipe looks absolutely delicious! Check it out below, and if you use it, leave us your feedback on how it tasted!

Candy Cane Cookies
Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

Prep Time:25 min

Cook Time:12 min

Level: Easy
Serves: 25 cookies

Ingredients
1 box sugar cookie mix
1/2 stick butter, melted
1 egg
1/3 cup softened cream cheese
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, plus additional for surface
Red food coloring
1 1/2 teaspoons peppermint extract

Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a bowl, combine sugar cookie mix, melted butter, egg, cream cheese, and flour; mix together to form dough. Separate dough into 2 equal portions and place in 2 different bowls. Add red food coloring gradually to 1 bowl of dough, kneading together until desired shade of red is created. To second bowl of uncolored dough, add peppermint extract and knead together. On a floured work surface, shape each dough into balls and then roll each ball into 1/4-inch-wide ropes, each about 6 inches long. For each cookie, carefully twist some of the red and white ropes of dough together and shape into a candy cane. Spread candy canes out on cookie sheets and bake on the top shelf of the oven for about 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool before serving.