Surprise your kids with these whirligig shaped dessert using refrigerated sugar cookie dough. Watch them relish these large cookies decorated with gumdrops.
Easy Gumdrop Whirligigs
- Prep Time 50 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 18
- Ingredients 4
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5oz) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- 18 flat wooden sticks with rounded ends
- 9 small gumdrops (cut in half crosswise)
- Red and/or green sugar
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350 F. Remove half of cookie dough from wrapper; refrigerate remaining dough until needed. On lightly floured surface with rolling pin, roll half of dough into 9-inch square (make edges square with side of ruler). Cut into 9 (3-inch) squares; place on ungreased large cookie sheet.
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Step2With sharp knife or fluted pastry wheel, cut each square from each corner almost to center, leaving about 1 inch uncut in center. Place wooden stick on each square with one end in center. Fold alternate corners of square over, pressing in center. Place gumdrop half in center to resemble button. Sprinkle whirligigs with red and/or green sugar. Repeat with remaining half of dough.
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Step3Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet and place on wire racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
Nutrition
130
Calories
5g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
20g
Total Carbohydrate
12g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Large Cookie
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 7%
- Trans Fat
- 1 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 75mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 15mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 20g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 12g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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