Recipe courtesy of Jeanie Collins

Peppermint Pinwheels

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 2 dozen
  • Total: 5 hr
  • Prep: 20 min
  • Inactive: 4 hr
  • Cook: 40 min
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Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon peppermint extract

1 teaspoon red food coloring

Powdered sugar, for rolling out dough

Directions

  1. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder and set aside.
  2. Cream butter and sugar together in another large bowl. Add egg and beat until incorporated. Add the vanilla and peppermint extract. Gradually add the dry mixture, beating until combined. Remove half of the mixture from the bowl. Add food coloring, beating until fully combined. In waxed paper, roll out dough to form a large rectangle, about 1/4-inch thick. Repeat this step with the other half of uncolored dough with no food coloring. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
  3. Tear out 1 sheet of waxed or parchment paper. Sprinkle the surface of the paper with powdered sugar to prevent sticking. Very carefully, slide the red dough on top of the white dough. Trim edges if uneven and patch if necessary. Roll dough into a log, creating a swirl effect. Place the dough back in the refrigerator and let chill for 2 hours.
  4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  5. Slice the dough into 1/2-inch slices and place on a parchment lined sheet tray about 1-inch apart. Place lollipop stick about 1-inch through the flat side of the dough. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.
  6. A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.
  7. Special equipment: 24 lollipop sticks .

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Anonymous

Nice cookies. Very festive and fun-the time spent making them makes for a fun day in the kitchen-usually I leave the second chilling in the fridge till the next day then bake them. However, the peppermint is over powering for my tastes so I have since experimented with doubling the vanilla and halving the peppermint. Other variation is to double the vanilla and omit the peppermint completely. I make red and white and/or green and white pinwheels and roll the logs liberally in colored sugar prior to the second chilling-they look much more 'finished' and nice and sweet. I also slice them about 1/4 inch not the 1/2 called for. They stay tighter when baking. When the peppermint is omitted the flavor is reminiscent of the old Salerno Shortbread Cookies the Girl Scouts used to sell back in the day.

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