Santa's Swirl Cookies ENGLISH RECIPE FOR TODAY

Santa's Swirl Cookies

By Renee's Kitchen Adventures

Festive sugar cookies swirled with red and green sugar

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp. almond extract
• 1 large egg
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• red and green colored sugar
• red, white and green nonpareils

Instructions

1. In large bowl, cream butter, salt, and sugar together with an electric mixer.
2. Add in egg and extracts. Mix in flour and beat until dough comes together.
3. Divide dough in half. Roll out one of the halves into an 8 x 8" square and sprinkle sugars like patchwork. (see the photo in the text for reference). Roll up jelly-roll style then roll in nonpareils and wrap in tightly in plastic wrap. Repeat with other half of dough.
4. Refrigerate rolls for 2 or more hours, or until very firm.
5. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment. Remove plastic wrap from rolls and slice into 1/4" slices, then lay on prepared cookie sheets about 2" apart.
6. Bake in oven for 6 -8 minutes or until edges just start to brown. Allow to rest on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.

Yield: About 3 dozen cookies 
Prep Time: 02 hrs. 10 mins. Cook time: 00 hrs. 08 mins. 
Total time: 2 hrs. 18 mins.