Spiral sugar cookies. These Spiral Christmas Sugar Cookies are soft and chewy and full of festive colors! I'm getting all festive today with these spiral sugar cookies. It's all the deliciousness of my usual soft cream cheese.
These Spiral Christmas Sugar Cookies are soft and chewy and full of festive colors! _⬇ Sugar cookies should be stored in an airtight container to keep them from drying out. Spiral cookies taste like a sugar cookie but the recipe is just a bit different than a traditional sugar cookie recipe. They're kind of a cross between basic sugar cookies and sugar cookie cutouts. You can have Spiral sugar cookies using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Spiral sugar cookies
- It’s 1 cup of unsalted butter.
- It’s 1 1/2 cup of powdered sugar.
- Prepare 1 of egg.
- It’s 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of almond extract (optional).
- You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
- It’s 2 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour.
- You need 1 of red and green food coloring or any color you want.
- Prepare 1 of colored sprinkles.
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Spiral sugar cookies step by step
- Cream butter and powdered sugar, add egg, vanilla and almond extracts and baking soda, mix until blended. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, until dough forms a solid ball. If sticky, add more flour. Add food coloring, use enough to make the colors you like, mix until incorporated..
- Use wax paper to roll out dough on, roll out one colored dough to 1/2 inch thick and a rectangle shape. Set aside. Repeat with the remaining dough. Flip one on top of the other and roll into a log. Don't worry if it splits or cracks, just pinch together. Use a platter and pour sprinkles onto platter, carefully roll in sprinkles. Wrap in plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator for an hour..
- When dough is ready, unwrap and cut dough 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick slices.Place on cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack..
In large bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla. In separate bowl, whisk flour with baking powder. Today I'm guest posting for Rachel of Not Rachael Ray. I was happy to help out a friend in need. I hope you'll show her some love and stop by to say hi.
