Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies
A fun, colorful, layered cookie, these homemade Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies are chewy, crispy and fun for everyone!
A FUN COLORFUL COOKIE RECIPE
These Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies are ones that friends and family always ask me to make for Memorial Day and the 4th of July. However, you can easily switch up the food coloring and make them for so many different holidays and occasions. Although they look hard to make, they really are easy and that is one of the best parts about this recipe! They look so unique and so impressive but they are really one of the simplest cookies to make. If you want a colorful cookie that is both fun and easy, then you need to make theses Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
This will be chilling in different intervals. In total the dough will need to chill for 45 minutes.
This depends on how thin or thick you cut them, but if you cut them in 1/2-inch rounds this recipe will make a total of 16 cookies.
Yes absolutely! You can use any color that you’d like for many different occasions or holidays.
I find that gel food coloring yields the best color as it is more concentrated and you don’t have to use as much. You can use regular liquid food coloring but you will need to use more to achieve a rich, saturated color.
Yes. I would buy two packages through to make sure you have enough dough for this recipe.
These can be stored in an airtight container where they will keep for up to one week. They can also be frozen. Place cooled cookies in a freezer bag or container and they will keep for up to 6 months. To defrost, remove to countertop or refrigerator.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- granulated sugar
- butter
- eggs
- vanilla
- all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- red and blue gel food coloring
HOW TO MAKE RED, WHITE AND BLUE PINWHEEL COOKIES:
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together until smooth.
Add eggs and vanilla.
Beat until well-blended.
Add flour, baking powder, and salt, beat until dough forms.
Split the dough into three bowls. Add red food coloring to one until the desired color is reached. Repeat for the blue food coloring. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
Roll blue dough out on a floured surface to form a 12-inch by 12-inch square.
Repeat with white dough and carefully place it on top of the blue.
Repeat with the red dough, carefully placing it on top of the white.
Gently roll the three colors of dough together into a large log. Using your hands, form the log if needed. Refrigerate this for 15 minutes.
Using a sharp knife, cut 1/2-inch slices of the dough and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper at least 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Allow to cool.
Enjoy!
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Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 ¾ sticks butter softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- Red and blue gel food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together until smooth.
- Add eggs and vanilla.
- Beat until well-blended.
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt, beat until dough forms.
- Split the dough into three bowls. Add red food coloring to one until the desired color is reached. Repeat for the blue food coloring. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
- Roll blue dough out on a floured surface to form a 12-inch by 12-inch square. Repeat with white dough and carefully place it on top of the blue.
- Repeat with the red dough, carefully placing it on top of the white.
- Gently roll the three colors of dough together into a large log. Using your hands, form the log if needed. Refrigerate this for 15 minutes.
- Using a sharp knife, cut 1/2-inch slices of the dough and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper at least 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Notes
- These can be frozen, see my tips above.
- You can use other food coloring for other holidays and occasions.
- We like to use gel food coloring as it produces a more vibrant color with a lesser amount.
- These need to chill in intervals, do not forget to chill.
Nutrition
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