Festive Pinwheel Cookies

Make beautiful festive pinwheel cookies with red and white swirls! Easy Christmas sugar cookies with sprinkles. Perfect for holiday baking and gifting.

Course Baked goods, Baking, Christmas, Cookies

Cuisine American

Keyword Christmas pinwheel cookies, pinwheel cookies, Sugar cookies

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 15

Chilling time 30

Total Time 1 45

Servings

Calories 116kcal

Author Alida Ryder

Ingredients

1 cup (225g) butter room temperature
1 cup (200g) sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups (375g) flour
1/3 cup (45g) cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
1-2 tsp red gel food colouring
½ cup festive sprinkles optional

Instructions

In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
Beat in the vanilla and egg scraping down the bowl after mixing in.
Sift together the dry ingredients then add to the butter mixture. Mix on medium speed until incorporated.
Divide the dough into two and add the red colouring to one batch. Knead in until a vibrant red is achieved.
On parchment paper, roll each portion into a rectangle about 10x12 inches / 25-30cm. Make them as similar in size as possible.
Place the red rectangle on top of the white (or vice versa—either way works!). Trim the edges to create clean, straight sides.
Starting from the long side, tightly roll the layered dough into a log, using the parchment to help you roll evenly. Pinch the seam to seal.
Pour sprinkles onto a sheet of parchment and roll the log through them, gently pressing so they adhere all around.
Wrap the log tightly and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (or freeze for 1 hour). This makes slicing so much easier!
Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC/350°F.
With a sharp knife, slice the log into ¼-inch rounds. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes until just set but not browned.
Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.

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Notes

I got 48 pinwheel cookies out of this amount of dough but this might differ if your cookies are a little thicker or thinner than mine.

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