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Swirled Mint Cookies Recipe
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Mystic_river1 / All my dishes 2 years ago
These little gems are just that...little gems that glisten , especially the ones left for Santa when the tree lights reflect on the sugar crystals.
Prep:40m Cook:8m Servings:72
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Ingredients
- CHILL TIME OF 1-2 HRS NOT INCLUDED IN PREP TIME
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 10 drops red food coloring
- 10 drops green food coloring
- Sugar
Directions
- In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add the 1 cup sugar and the baking powder.
- Beat until fluffy.
- Beat in egg, vanilla, and peppermint.
- Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer.
- Stir in remaining flour.
- Divide dough into 3 equal portions.
- Stir red food coloring into 1 portion, stir green food coloring into a second portion, and leave third portion plain.
- Cover each portion with foil or plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator about 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Divide each color of dough into 4 equal portions.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 1/2-inch-diameter rope.
- Place a red, a green, and a plain rope side by side.
- Twist together. Repeat with remaining ropes.
- Chill twisted ropes for 20 minutes.
- Cut ropes into 1/2-inch-thick slices for larger cookies or 1/4-inch-thick slices for smaller ones. Carefully roll into balls, blending colors as little as possible.
- Place balls about 2 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Using a glass dipped in sugar, flatten each ball to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Bake cookies in a 375 degree F oven until edges are set (allow 8 to 10 minutes for larger cookies or 6 to 8 minutes for smaller ones). Transfer cookies to wire racks; cool.
- Makes about 72 large (2-1/2-inch) cookies or 144 small (1-1/4-inch) cookies.
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organicmama 2 years ago said:
These sound delightful. I don't know how I am ever going to be able to make all the wonderful cookies I am finding.
ambus 2 years ago said:
Beautiful recipe. I must try this.