Recipe - Peppermint Swirl Refrigerator Cookies

1 cup Margarine or Butter,
(softened)
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
2 tablespoon Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
3 cup Flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Peppermint extract
4 (to 5) Drops red food color
One fourth cup Pink sugar

In a large bowl, combine margarine, sugar, egg, milk, and
vanilla; mix until light and fluffy. Lightly spoon flour into
measuring cup; level off. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda
and salt. Add flour mixture to margarine mixture; mix well. Place
half of dough into a plastic bag or wrap in plastic. To remaining
half of dough, add peppermint extract and red food color; mix well.
Place in plastic bag or wrap. Refrigerate both portions about 1 hour.

Divide each portion of dough in half. Roll 1 part white dough
into a 10x8inch rectangle between 2 pieces of plastic wrap. Set
aside. Repeat with 1 part pink dough. Remove top sheet of plastic
wrap from both the pink and the white dough. Place pink dough over
white dough; remove plastic wrap from pink dough. Trim edges, if
desired. Starting at the 10inch edge, roll up dough jellyroll
fashion, removing plastic wrap from bottom as dough is rolled.
Repeat with remaining dough to form second roll.

Place 2 tablespoons of the pink sugar on separate sheet of plastic
wrap. Roll 1 roll of dough in pink sugar, pressing gently into dough.
Repeat with second roll. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate 8 hours
or up to 1 week.

Heat oven to 375øF. Slice cookies 1/8 inch thick. Place 1 inch
apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes or until
light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool
completely.

Makes 10 dozen cookies

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Nutrition Information Per Serving: 1 Cookie

Calories..........................35 Carbohydrates................4g
Fat...............................2g Cholesterol..................2mg
Sodium..........................30mg Potassium....................5mg
Dietary Exchanges: One half Fat

Source: Classic Pillsbury Cookbook Holiday December 1993

Typed for you by Lois Flack, Cyberealm BBS, Watertown, NY.

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