Swirl Sugar Cookies

Instead of the plain looking sugar cookies, change it up a bit! I chose to do pink but you can do any color you want.

Swirl Sugar Cookies

Yields: About 2 Dozen

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. Butter, softened
• 1 c. Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 t. Vanilla
• 1/4 t. Salt
• 1/2 t. Baking Powder
• 2 c. Flour
• Food Coloring 
• Sprinkles 

Directions:

Cream butter and sugar together. Then add egg and vanilla. Once that is all mixed then add your remaining dry ingredients. Split the dough in half and place half of the dough between two sheets of wax paper. Add food coloring to the dough remaining in the mixer to your desired color.

With a rolling pin, roll the dough into a rectangle in-between the two sheets of wax paper.  Repeat with your colored dough. Then place your flattened colored dough on top of the other and trim the edges to create a rectangle. Then roll the dough starting from the shorter end. This part is tricky because the dough falls apart but just stick it back together best you can. 

Once you have a log of dough roll the outer edges in sprinkles. Then cover the dough in plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Cut the dough in 1/2 - 1 in increments and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper (the parchment paper allows for the bottom of the cookies to not brown) and place in the oven for 8-10 minutes. AND ENJOY!