Red White and Blue Swirl Cookies Recipe for Memorial Day and 4th of July

This Red White and Blue Swirl Cookies Recipe for Memorial Day and 4th of July is so fun and tasty!

These swirl cookies are very much like a shortbread cookie - they are really great with coffee, or add to ice cream! You might even want to make a ice cream sandwiches!

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Red White and Blue Swirl Cookies Recipe for 4th of July

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Please note: You do need to plan ahead as refrigeration is necessary for the dough.

You can easily make these swirl cookies ahead of time and freeze them, as they do freeze really well.

How to Make this Red White and Blue Swirl Cookies Recipe

Red White and Blue Swirl Cookies Ingredients:

3 cups flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
1 cup, 2 sticks, butter, softened
¾ cup brown sugar
⅓ cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
red and blue food coloring -Use Wilton Red and Royal Blue Color Gels

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Red White and Blue Swirl Cookies Directions

Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl and mix well. Set aside.

Add butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat well until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.

Add eggs and vanilla and beat well. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined.

Divide dough into thirds and return one third of the dough to the mixing bowl. Color with red food coloring and beat until combined. Remove and rinse bowl and beater and color one third of the dough blue. Wrap all dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Divide each dough in half and roll the red dough into roughly a 5" x 10" rectangle. Lay on plastic wrap. Repeat with the white and blue layers, laying them on top of the red once rolled.

Take the three layers and, trim the dough on one of the short ends straight across with a knife. Beginning with that short end, roll the dough into a cylinder. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and return to the refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight.

Repeat so you have 2 cylinders of dough to refrigerate.

Preheat oven to 375 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Unwrap cookie dough and slice the dough, ¼" thick.

Place onto baking sheet and bake for 7-9 minutes or until they just begin to brown. If you sliced your cookies thicker, you'll need to allow for extra baking time.

Once baking is complete, let set for 2 minutes on the sheet and then move to a wire rack to cool completely before serving.

This Red White and Blue Swirl Cookies Recipe for 4th of July makes 3-½ dozen cookies.

Red White and Blue Swirl Cookies Recipe for 4th of July

Red White and Blue Swirl Cookies

Author Jenn

Ingredients

3 cups flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
1 cup 2 sticks, butter, softened
¾ cup brown sugar
⅓ cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
red and blue food coloring
-Use Wilton Red and Royal Blue Color Gels

Instructions

Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl and mix well. Set aside.
Add butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat well until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Add eggs and vanilla and beat well. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined.
Divide dough into thirds and return one third of the dough to the mixing bowl. Color with red food coloring and beat until combined. Remove and rinse bowl and beater and color one third of the dough blue. Wrap all dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Divide each dough in half and roll the red dough into roughly a 5" x 10" rectangle. Lay on plastic wrap. Repeat with the white and blue layers, laying them on top of the red once rolled.
Take the three layers and, trim the dough on one of the short ends straight across with a knife. Beginning with that short end, roll the dough into a cylinder. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and return to the refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight.
Repeat so you have 2 cylinders of dough to refrigerate.
Preheat oven to 375 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Unwrap cookie dough and slice the dough, ¼" thick. Place onto baking sheet and bake for 7-9 minutes or until they just begin to brown. If you sliced your cookies thicker, you'll need to allow for extra baking time.
Once baking is complete, let set for 2 minutes on the sheet and then move to a wire rack to cool completely before serving.