Saturday, December 17, 2011
Good Morning,
I am getting ready to head out the door in an hour to join some friends for a Cookie Exchange party. I stayed up late, last night, toying around with a recipe; the end-results were amazing! Take a look..
Whoville Pinwheels
Ingredients:
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 3-ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1 ½ cups sifted powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- Icing colors
- Sugar Coating Glitter
Directions:
- In a large mixing bowl beat butter and cream cheese with an electric stand mixer (using flat beater attachment) on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add powdered sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
- Beat in egg, vanilla, and almond extract until combined.
- Beat in the flour, scraping sides of mixing bowl, until all flour is combined.
- Divide dough into 4 or 5 portions. Place each portion into its own bowl.
- Tint each bowl of dough with desired icing color (Blue, Purple, Green, Red, etc) and stir until dough is evenly colored.
- Turn dough out onto a long sheet of waxed paper, combining all shades of dough. Form dough into a log shape, wrap, and chillin refrigerator for about 1-hour, or until dough is easy to handle.
- Preheat oven to 375°, remove dough from refrigerator and unwrap from waxed paper. Because you are using waxed paper, it is not necessary to transfer to a lightly floured surface, unless you wish to use cookie cutters.
- With a Small (1-Tbsp) Scoop or melon baller, scoop portions of the dough. Roll each piece into 5-inch ropes and roll up into pinwheels. Lightly dab each rolled piece into Sugar Coating Glitter and place on ungreased cookie sheet, about 1-inch apart.
- Bake at 375° for 8 – 9 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; cool.
Makes 5 Dozen
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