Peppermint Pinwheels Recipe

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Put a spin on your holidays with these bright swirls! "This recipe makes rich-tasting cookies with a minty flavor that sometimes surprises people," comments field editor Marcia Hostetter from Canton, New York.

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Peppermint Pinwheels Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min./batch

Yield: 48 Servings

15 15 30

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1/4 teaspoon red liquid food coloring

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Divide dough in half; add extract and red food coloring to one portion.
On a work surface, roll out each portion of dough between waxed paper into a 16-in. x 10-in. rectangle. Remove waxed paper. Place red rectangle over plain rectangle; roll up tightly jelly-roll style, starting with a long side. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight or until firm.
Unwrap the dough and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes or until set. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 58 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 12 mg cholesterol, 58 mg sodium, 7 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Peppermint Pinwheels in Taste of Home December/January 2003, p9