Santa's Swirl Cookies
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
- In large bowl, cream butter, salt, and sugar together with an electric mixer.
- Add in egg and extracts. Mix in flour and beat until dough comes together.
- 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.
- Refrigerate rolls for 2 or more hours, or until very firm.
- 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.
- 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.
Prep Time: 02 hrs. 10 mins. Cook time: 00 hrs. 08 mins.
Total time: 2 hrs. 18 mins.
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