the Diary of an Inner Fat Kid : Swirled Sprinkled Sugar Cookies!

Disclaimer: This particular recipe is a slight pain in the butt.
But if you want to go the extra mile - go for it.
If not, just use the sugar cookie dough, ball it up, add some sprinkles - and Merry Christmas!!!

Ingredients:

3 Cups Flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 stick margarine

1 stick butter

1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 eggs

Green or Red food coloring

To make the sugar cookie dough:

In a small bowl, mix together your flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, using a hand mixer, cream together your margarine, butter and sugar.

Add in your vanilla and mix well.

Add in your eggs, one at a time, mixing well in between.

Slowly incorporate your dry ingredients into your sugar/butter mixture using a large spoon (do not continue to use your hand mixer!)

The dough should come together into a ball.

This next step is VERY important - chill your dough for at least one hour in the refrigerator. You can chill the dough over night as well . I did not let my dough chill long enough, and it became difficult to work with.

Once your dough is chilled - you can either follow the directions below, OR you can ball up the sugar cookie dough, add some sprinkles on top and bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes.

To make the Swirled Sprinkled Sugar Cookies:

You will need to make two batches of dough. Keep one of the batches plain, and use green or red food coloring to color the second batch. Use about 15-20 drops of coloring after you add in your eggs and before you incorporate the flour mixture.

Remember- make sure your dough is completely chilled!

Next, using a rolling pin, roll out both sets of dough on a lightly floured surface to about 1/4 inch thick.

Using a small amount of water, brush water onto the surface of the colored dough. This will help your dough stick together.

Layer your plain colored dough on top of your colored dough and press down lightly to adhere them together.

Trim up the edges to form one, clean cut, rectangle. Use the scraps to make more cookies!

Now carefully roll up the dough into a log. You can continue to brush a little bit of water along the dough to help it stick together. Take your time in doing this to form a tightly rolled log. By not chilling my dough long enough - this part was especially difficult.

Once your dough is rolled up into a log, lightly brush the entire log with a little bit of water. Spill out your sprinkles onto the counter and begin to roll your dough on the sprinkles until you have the log completely covered.

Once you have it covered, wrap your log in saran wrap and chill for at least one more hour.

Once chilled, cut your log to make the size of cookies you want. I like mine to be a little thicker, but you can make thinner cookies if you would like!