Preheat oven to 350 F.

Grease a light-colored baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray, parchment paper, or a silicone baking mat. Set it aside.

Crush your candy canes.

In a large bowl, Cream together your margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add in your vanilla and egg.

Making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl.

In a small separate bowl, mix all of your dry ingredients: your salt, baking powder, baking soda, and flour.

Slowly add this mixture to your other bowl.

Remember to scrape the sides of the bowl.

When the two mixtures are just combined, add in your candy canes.

Put some powdered sugar on a plate.

Roll your cookie dough into balls and roll them in the powdered sugar.

Place these cookies at least an inch or two apart.

Bake your cookies for 9 to 11 minutes or until the bottoms begin to barely brown and the cookies look shiny.

Let them cool on the baking sheet for 3 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.