Twisting ropes of colored dough is the secret to peppermint-swirled buttery cookies.
Peppermint Swirls
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1/4 teaspoon red food color
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour. Divide dough in half. Stir peppermint extract and food color into one half of dough. Divide each color of dough in half.
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Step2Shape each piece of dough on generously floured surface into rope, 12 inches long. Place 2 ropes, 1 red and 1 white, side by side. Twist ropes. Repeat with remaining 2 pieces of dough.
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Step3Cut twisted ropes into 1/2-inch pieces; shape each into ball. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten to about 1/4-inch thickness with greased bottom of glass dipped in granulated sugar.
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Step4Bake cookies 7 to 9 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool.
Nutrition
60
Calories
4g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
5g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 60
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 25mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 5g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 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; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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