What you'll need:
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon mint extract
Red food coloring
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon mint extract
Red food coloring
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar until creamy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. In a smaller bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Blend flour mixture into butter mixture to make a smooth dough. If dough is too dry, add water teaspoon at a time. Divide dough into two equal portions. Set aside one half.
To the other half add the peppermint extract and enough red food coloring to tint the dough a dark pink. Use gel food coloring, or the Wilton's coloring for best results.
Roll out each color dough to a 16x10 inch rectangle, between sheets of wax paper.
Remove top sheet of wax paper from the pink dough; place dough on top side down on top of plain dough; peel off paper. Roll up dough tightly, jelly-roll fashion. Wrap in wax paper and chill several hours until very firm. Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Unwrap dough and cut into 1/4-inch thick slices with a sharp knife;
place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10 minutes or until cookies are firm, but not browned.
Remove from cookie sheets to wire racks; cool completely. These are so tasty! Next time, I'm going to split the dough into thirds, and add a layer of chocolate!!
By the way, the stand mixer died yesterday. Well, it works, but only one beater stays in . The other one won't lock in anymore. If Santa were to make a visit to my house with a new stand mixer, I promise to make the "Nice" list every year for the rest of my life ;)
17 comments:
Thanks for sharing this recipe and the step by step photos!! they look yummy!! HHL
Oh that cookie looks yummy..thanks for sharing!
Shawn
I alsway wondered how to get the swirl..duh! Lol, you make it seem so easy!
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yummy! Bring me some, please. And I love you.
@Audrey...I don't deliver! Come get them yourself!
I don't drive in snow.
They sure look good It takes a lot of time to do all the baking but it is also fun and everyone want to eat them
I thought about trying these this year - they look good so I will take your word for it and give it a go! Thanks
Oooh those look Yummy! I remember making them with my daughters when they were young.
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Anna
Those pinwheels looks awesome. Thank you for sharing and you have a great week!
These look great! I'm a new follower!
Samantha
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I love Christmas cookies that are unique - like this. Thanks for the recipe. These are so cute! And if I were you, I'd ask Santa for a KitchenAid commercial mixer. That's what I have and I love it! We did get it at Sam's Club, which helped, price-wise.
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april
www.marineparents.blogspot.com
This looks like a lot of fun. We will bake next week, and I will keep this one in mind!
Amazing Jen! You are an artist!
I can vogue that they taste delish!!!
These look great...maybe I will try them. The last cookie tutorial I found online ended up a little rough.LOL
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