Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

Ingredients

• cup sall-purpose flour
• teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup sbutter
• cup packed brown sugar
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• eggs, beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon svanilla extra ct
• 1/4 teaspoon red food coloring, or as needed
• 1/4 teaspoon green food coloring, or as needed

Instructions

1. Gather the ingredients. Allrecipes/Karen Hibbard
2. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a bowl. Resift again into another bowl. Allrecipes/Karen Hibbard
3. Beat the butter with the brown and white sugars in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until smooth. Allrecipes/Karen Hibbard
4. Gradually stir in the flour mixture until evenly blended. Allrecipes/Karen Hibbard
5. Gather the dough into a ball, and divide into two equal parts.
6. Place one half in a second bowl.
7. Add red food coloring to the dough in one bowl, and green food coloring to the dough in the other bowl.
8. Use a fork or wooden spoon to blend the food coloring into the dough until evenly blended.
9. Add additional drops of food coloring to reach your desired shade, if needed.
10. Allrecipes/Karen Hibbard Recipe Tip The strength of food coloring varies, and you can always add more but never remove coloring if you've added too much.
11. Also note that gel food coloring is stronger than liquid food coloring.
12. We recommend you start with a small amount of food coloring and add more only if needed.
13. Roll out the red dough to 1/4 inch (5mm) thickness.
14. Roll out the green dough to 1/4 inch (5mm) thickness, and place on top of the red dough.
15. Beginning on one edge, roll the doughs to make a log so the two colors spiral inside each other.
16. Allrecipes/Karen Hibbard Recipe Tip Use even pressure to roll out each sheet of dough to the same 1/4 inch thickness.
17. You can also place small wooden dowels on either side of the dough to guide you, or use an adjustable rolling pin.
18. Bake in preheated oven until set, 5 to 6 minutes. Watch carefully to prevent edges from browning. Remove from oven, and cool on racks. Allrecipes/Karen Hibbard