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

Course Dessert, Holiday Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Servings 36 servings
Author Jennifer

Ingredients

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.

Notes

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