Peppermint swirl refrigerator cookies
Yield: 10 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 c Margarine or Butter (softened)
- 1 c Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 2 tb Milk
- 1 ts Vanilla
- 3 c Flour
- 1/2 ts Baking soda
- 1/4 ts Salt
- 1/2 ts Peppermint extract
- 4 (to 5) Drops red food color
- 1/4 c Pink sugar
Instructions:
In a large bowl combine margarine sugar egg milk and vanilla; mix until light and fluffy. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In medium bowl combine flour baking soda and salt. Add flour mixture to margarine mixture; mix well. Place half of dough into a plastic bag or wrap in plastic. To remaining half of dough add peppermint extract and red food color; mix well. Place in plastic bag or wrap. Refrigerate both portions about 1 hour. Divide each portion of dough in half. Roll 1 part white dough into a 10x8-inch rectangle between 2 pieces of plastic wrap. Set aside. Repeat with 1 part pink dough. Remove top sheet of plastic wrap from both the pink and the white dough. Place pink dough over white dough; remove plastic wrap from pink dough. Trim edges if desired. Starting at the 10-inch edge roll up dough jelly-roll fashion removing plastic wrap from bottom as dough is rolled. Repeat with remaining dough to form second roll. Place 2 tablespoons of the pink sugar on separate sheet of plastic wrap. Roll 1 roll of dough in pink sugar pressing gently into dough. Repeat with second roll. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate 8 hours or up to 1 week. Heat oven to 375øF. Slice cookies 1/8 inch thick. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely. Makes 10 dozen cookies * * * * * * * Nutrition Information Per Serving: 1 Cookie Calories..........................35 Carbohydrates................4g Fat...............................2g Cholesterol..................2mg Sodium..........................30mg Potassium....................5mg Dietary Exchanges: 1/2 Fat Source: Classic Pillsbury Cookbook - Holiday December 1993 Typed for you by Lois Flack Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY.
