Candy Cane Pinwheels

Name: Candy Cane Pinwheels
Yield: Makes about 4 1/2 dozen
Ingredients: 3 cups (15 ounces/425 grams), all-purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened; 1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams), sugar; 1 , large egg; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon, peppermint extract; 1/2 cup, finely ground peppermint candies (about 20); 6 drops, red food coloring

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cookies
Holiday
Contest Recipes

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2008

This holiday sugar cookie gets a colorful kick from a swirl of crushed peppermint candies.

SERVES Makes about 4 1/2 dozen

TIME 1½ hours, plus 2 hours chilling and 20 minutes cooling

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