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Pinwheel cookies

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Top view of red, white, and green spiral pinwheel cookies on a white plate. (banner image)

Swirled Christmas
Pinwheel Cookies
: An Underrated Festive Recipe

60 mins
Cooking Time
Intermediate
Difficulty
11
Ingredients
Veg
Diet
These viral Christmas pinwheel cookies are a stunning holiday dessert that features a beautiful spiral pattern created by rolling three colours of sugar cookie dough together in red, white, and green. Serve these for Christmas Eve supper, or as part of a late morning brunch. After all, it’s the season to be jolly!

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients
3 cupsAll-purpose flour (For the sugar cookie dough)
1 tspBaking powder
½ tspSalt
1 cupUnsalted butter (softened)
1¼ cupsGranulated sugar
1Large egg (at room temperature)
2 tspVanilla extract
For the colourRed gel food colouring
For the colourGreen gel food colouring
1 cupSprinkles (For the sprinkle coating (optional)
1-2 tspCorn syrup (for adhesive)