Candy Corn Pinwheel Cookies Recipes

CANDY CORN PINWHEEL COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour and baking soda. Beat next 4 ingredients in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Divide dough into 3 equal portions.
• Place 1 portion of dough in medium bowl; tint with orange food coloring. Wrap in plastic wrap. Repeat in separate bowl with second portion of dough and yellow food coloring. Wrap remaining (untinted) dough with plastic wrap. Refrigerate all doughs 1 hour.
• Roll out uncolored dough between 2 lightly floured sheets of waxed paper into 10x7-inch rectangle. Repeat with orange dough; place over uncolored dough rectangle. Repeat with yellow dough, stacking on top of orange dough. Starting at 1 long side of rectangle, roll up dough tightly into log. Wrap in plastic wrap. Freeze 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350ºF. Unwrap dough; cut into 34 slices, each about 1/4 inch thick. Place, 2 inches apart, on parchment-covered baking sheets. Sprinkle with decorating sugar.
• Bake 10 to 12 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 2 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

CANDY CORN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. , Divide dough in half. Tint 1 portion yellow. Divide remaining dough into two-thirds and one-third portions. Color the larger portion orange; leave smaller portion plain., Shape each portion of dough into two 8-in. logs. Flatten top and push sides in at a slight angle. Place orange logs on yellow logs; push sides in at a slight angle. Top with plain logs, forming a slightly rounded top. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 4 hours., Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap and cut dough into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake until set, 10-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.