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Peppermint Swirls

Twisting ropes of colored dough is the secret to peppermint-swirled buttery cookies.

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Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 1 hr 10 min
Servings 48

Ingredients

1: cup butter or margarine, softened

1/3: cup powdered sugar

1: teaspoon vanilla

2: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/4: teaspoon peppermint extract

1/4: teaspoon red food color

2: tablespoons granulated sugar

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour. Divide dough in half. Stir peppermint extract and food color into one half of dough. Divide each color of dough in half.
2 Shape each piece of dough on generously floured surface into rope, 12 inches long. Place 2 ropes, 1 red and 1 white, side by side. Twist ropes. Repeat with remaining 2 pieces of dough.
3 Cut twisted ropes into 1/2-inch pieces; shape each into ball. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten to about 1/4-inch thickness with greased bottom of glass dipped in granulated sugar.
4 Bake cookies 7 to 9 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Paste icing colors give the brightest colors. Decrease the amount of liquid food color to about half when using icing color. For this recipe, use 1/8 teaspoon paste icing color, adding it to the dough with a toothpick.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 60
Calories from Fat: 35),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 4g; 4%
(Saturated Fat 2g, 2% ),
Cholesterol: 10mg; 10%;
Sodium: 25mg; 25%;
Total Carbohydrate: 5g; 5%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;

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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/5/2012 12:13:41 PM REPORT ABUSE JeremiahsMom said:

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My previous entry was referring to excellent recipe's post. Her version was very good and will be included in my Christmas cookie gifting. The original recipe is not yummy at all. :-(

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Posted 12/5/2012 11:56:55 AM REPORT ABUSE JeremiahsMom said:

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Much better variation. Thanks for the information.

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Posted 12/30/2011 10:50:17 AM REPORT ABUSE excellent recipe said:

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After reading the review then looking at the recipe I decide to make some changes before attempting. Instead of 1/3 cup powder sugar, I use 1 cup of granulated sugar. Instead of 1 teaspoon of vanilla (I assumed they meant vanilla extract) I added 2 teaspoons.In stead of 1/4 teaspoon of peppermint extract, I used 1/2 teaspoon. I also added 2 eggs- Once the cookies were ready I heated up some store bought frosting poured it over them then some red sugar(red food coloring mixed in granulated sugar) Then placed in the fridge for 3 hours- These cookies were a hit

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