Swirled Buttery Mint Cookies
From mountainmama 16 years agoIngredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened shopping list
- 1/2 cup reduced-fat butter, softened shopping list
- 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract shopping list
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 10 to 20 drops red food coloring shopping list
- 10 to 20 drops green food coloring shopping list
How to make it
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butters and 3/4 cup sugar. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
- Divide dough into thirds. Stir red food coloring into one portion of dough; stir green food coloring into another portion. Leave remaining dough plain. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Divide each portion of dough into four equal pieces. With lightly floured hands, roll each piece into a 12-in. rope. Place a red, a green and a plain rope next to each other. Cut through all three ropes at 1-in. intervals, forming sets of three differently colored doughs. Repeat.
- Roll each set of doughs into a ball; place balls 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten to 1/8-in. thickness with a glass dipped in remaining sugar. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks.
- Yield: 4 dozen.
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