Swirled Mint Cookies

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Title: Swirled Mint Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 144 servings

1 Egg
2 c Flour
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Peppermint extract
1 c Butter
10 dr Red food coloring
1 c Sugar
10 dr Green food coloring

Recipe by: Theresa Grant
DESCRIPTION: These pretty little peppermint-flavored cookies are a
tasty, colorful addition to any holiday cookie box.
Combine flour & baking powder. Beat butter until softened. Add sugar &
beat until fluffy. Add egg & extracts & beat well. Add flour mixture & beat
till well mixed. Divide dough into thirds. Stir red food coloring into one
third, green into another, & leave one third plain. Cover each and chill
one hour. Roll each color into 1/2" diameter ropes. Using one rope of each
color, twist together (Like a three-colored candy cane). Slice twisted
ropes into 1/4" pieces. Place slices 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet and
flatten to 1/4" thickness with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake in
375~ oven until just set (do not brown), about 8 minutes. Remove and cool
on racks. STORAGE: Airtight about 2 weeks. Frozen, up to three months.
From BH&G "Cookies for Christmas."

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