Description
These Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies feature a delicious combination of buttery flavors with a refreshing mint twist. Perfect for festivities, they’re enjoyable and easy to make, bringing joy to every occasion.
Ingredients
- Unsalted butter (1 cup or 227 grams): Softened to room temperature
- Confectioners' sugar (3/4 cup or 90 grams)
- White sugar (3/4 cup or 150 grams)
- Vanilla extract (1 ½ teaspoons)
- Peppermint extract (1 teaspoon)
- Eggs (2)
- All-purpose flour (4 cups or 480 grams)
- Baking powder (3/4 teaspoon)
- Salt (1/4 teaspoon)
- Nonpareil sprinkles (1/2 cup)
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Cream butter with confectioners' and white sugar until fluffy.
- Mix in vanilla and peppermint extracts, along with eggs.
- Gradually incorporate dry ingredients to form a soft dough.
- Divide dough, color one portion green and another red, and refrigerate.
- Roll each portion into rectangles, stack colors, and roll into a log.
- Coat the log with nonpareil sprinkles and chill again.
- Preheat oven and slice log into rounds.
- Bake until set, then cool.
Notes
For gluten-free options, use a gluten-free flour blend.
Dough can be prepared ahead and refrigerated for up to two days.
Cookies can freeze for up to three months in an airtight container.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 40mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 30mg