How to Make Yummy Swirl Xmas Cookies

Swirl Xmas Cookies.

You can have Swirl Xmas Cookies using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Swirl Xmas Cookies

1. You need 2 cup of flour.
2. Prepare 1 tbsp of baking powder.
3. It's 1/4 tbsp of salt.
4. Prepare 2/3 cup of powdered sugar.
5. Prepare 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.
6. It's 2 1/2 stick of unsalted butter.
7. It's 1 tbsp of vanilla.
8. It's 1/2 tbsp of red food coloring.
9. It's 1/2 tbsp of green food coloring.
10. It's 1 cup of colored sprinkles.

Swirl Xmas Cookies instructions

1. Combine flour, salt, both sugars and the baking powder..
2. Add the butter and the vanilla extract..
3. Divide the dough into two equal parts. Mix each part with one of the food colorings..
4. Roll out each dough in separated sheets of wax paper until they reach 11 x 8 inches. Chill both in the refrigerator for two hours..
5. Once the dough is firm remove the wax paper and, putting water with a pastry brush, stack them together..
6. Make the borders even with a knife..
7. Once the dough is cold but flexible start rolling it into a swirl by the long side. If the outside layer tears just pinch it together and keep rolling..
8. Put the sprinkles strategicaly on a flat surface. Roll the dough onto the sprinkles..
9. Wrap it with plastic and put it in the fridge for at least 4 hours. Once it's ready remove the plastic and cut the dough in 1/8 inch slices and bake them at 250F° for 15 minutes..
10. Let the cookies get cold in the baking sheet, then move them to a cookie rack or a plate with napkins..
11. Enjoy!.