Pinwheel Swirl Sugar Cookies Ingredients: · 1 pouch Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix · 1 stick of butter · 1 egg · Food coloring Instructions: 1. Mix the sugar cookie dough according to the directions. 2. Divide dough into parts, and dye with food coloring as desired. 3. Chill cookies in the fridge for at least half an hour. 4. Make a grape-sized ball out of each color dough, then quickly roll them all into a larger ball. 5. Place each large ball back in fridge when finished. 6. Prepare cutting board with flour, or cover with wax paper. 7. Roll out each large ball into a log. 8. Twist the log into stripes by rolling the two ends in opposite directions on the cutting board. 9. Coil into a spiral cookie and place back in fridge. 10. Bake on greased sheet at 350 F for 7 minutes. Tips: · Try to underbake so it doesn't get too golden. · The dough was really soft and sticky after mixing, so the refrigeration is necessary! · When I made the spirals, I rolled the dough into large logs and smushed them together (I listed another method in the instructions above, hopefully it works better). They blurred though, since they were really sticky. · Perhaps try with a homemade dough, for a different consistency? · The dough when warm can break very easily. Keep them in fridge whenever not immediately working on them. Roll on board with log pointing towards you, and move palm over it left to right with little applied force. · Watch out for necking, and cut log if it's getting too long. · The thinner the log, the prettier the final cookie will look though.
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