Description
Two sheets of colored sugar cookie dough rolled together to form festive pinwheel cookies perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups all-purpose flour plus extra tablespoons if needed
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into chunks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon food coloring or extra extract
- 1 1/2 cups holiday sprinkles
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients and sugars in a stand mixer
- Add butter gradually and mix until dough forms
- Mix in vanilla extract
- Divide dough into two equal portions
- Color one portion and mix until even
- Roll both doughs between wax paper to 1/4-inch thickness
- Chill dough sheets for at least 1 hour
- Stack doughs, seal edges, and trim evenly
- Roll dough tightly into a log
- Coat log with sprinkles and chill again
- Slice into 1/4-inch cookies
- Bake at 350°F for 15 to 17 minutes
- Cool briefly before transferring to a rack
Notes
- If dough becomes sticky after adding food coloring, add flour one tablespoon at a time
- Chilling the dough helps keep the swirl pattern clean
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 18mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 13mg