Christmas Pinwheel Cookies
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Serves: 12
Ingredients:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup or two sticks of butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- Red food dye
- ½ cup sprinkles
Instructions:
- In a large bowl add flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk to combine and set aside.
- In a stand mixer bowl fitted with a paddle attachment add butter, sugar and beat until soft and fluffy. Once fluffy, add egg, vanilla extract and mix until combined.
- Gradually incorporate dry ingredients, ½ cup at a time a dough ball forms. Scrape off the sides if needed.
- Split the dough, remove one portion and set aside. With the remaining dough add red food coloring for your desired amount of red. Mix until the dye is well combined.
- Remove red dough and place on plastic wrap and cover completely. Roll out dough with a rolling pin until a 9”x12” rectangle forms. Repeat this with the plain dough until two dough rectangles form. Place in the fridge to harden, about 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove plastic wrap and place dough rectangles on top of each other. Begin rolling the dough on the longer side until a log forms. Cut ½” cookies and set aside.
- Pour sprinkles on a plate and roll the outer side of the cookies in sprinkles, pressing down as you go. Place on a baking sheet and bake cookies for about 10 minutes until fully baked.
