Swirled Mint Cookies Recipe

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No one will believe that these rich and buttery cookies from Lois Hill of Thomasville, North Carolina are 'light,' but they are! And with their colorful swirls, each one of these minty sugary bites is unique.

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Swirled Mint Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 40 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch
  • Yield: 48 Servings
40 10 50

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup reduced-fat butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 10 to 20 drops red food coloring
  • 10 to 20 drops green food coloring

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butters and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
  • Divide dough into thirds. Stir red food coloring into one portion of dough; stir green food coloring into another portion. Leave remaining dough plain. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  • Divide each portion of dough into four equal pieces. Roll each piece into a 12-in. rope. Place a red, a green and a plain rope next to each other. Cut through all three ropes at 1-in. intervals, forming sets of three differently colored doughs. Repeat.
  • Roll each set of doughs into a ball; place balls 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten to 1/8-in. thickness with a glass dipped in remaining sugar. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 4 dozen.

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with Land O'Lakes light stick butter.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 59 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 13 mg cholesterol, 49 mg sodium, 7 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Swirled Mint Cookies in Light & Tasty December/January 2007, p49

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Reviewed on Dec. 31, 2009 by Munchkin55

They were just like press cookies. They were ok.

Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2009 by JASHASA

Delicious -made for one of my cookie exchange, everyone love them and the colors are great

Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2009 by kashi047

Delicious - first batch is already gone - will be making another batch tonight but will add a little bit more peppermint

Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2009 by sactom

Refreshing mint taste. Colorful. A favorite for our family every year.

Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2009 by easibake

I baked these cookies today. Very good. And they add a splash of color to the assorted Christmas cookie gift boxes.

Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2009 by slimmom

Great! Kids loved the color of these cookies.

Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2009 by martha.intveld

I would absolutely make these again...they were pretty and delicious! I did use all butter instead of part reduced-fat butter and less food coloring. I chilled the dough overnight. Rather than rolling dough into logs, I just placed slices of dough alongside one another on a cutting board until the "logs" measured 12 inches. This kept the dough chilled and manageable.

Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2009 by J-zel

These are soooo good!

I did the recipe as is except for the butters (I used 1 cup of margarine). I also couldn't "roll" them but shaping them was easy enough. My dough was a little crumbly so when I pressed them with a glass it made pretty scalloped edges. Instead of 8-10 minutes, mine were ready in 7 so check well.

I'm bringing them to a pot-luck at work this week (if there are any left...).

Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2009 by sweetpups3@neb.rr.com

Great for Christmas time, I will make this next time for Christmas. My family love it, and I use reg. butter than reduced fat butter.

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2009 by sylviamols

Was in a hurry and did not refrigerate the dough first. I rolled dough on a flexible cutting board and it worked great. A nice soft cookie with just a touch of mint. Will make it again.

 
 
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