Rainbow Pinwheel Cookies

These cookies were a nice way to brighten up my kitchen a dull winter day. They also aren't super sweet so they are perfect if your not big into sweets but are still craving a cookie.

Yield: makes 50+ cookies

Ingredients

6 cups Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Shortening
2 cups Sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla
1 cup Sour Cream
4 different Liquid food coloring colors ( your choice. I did purple, blue, green and yellow)
Rainbow sprinkles

Directions

1.Preheat the oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.

2.Whisk together , in a large bowl the flour, baking soda and the salt. Set aside.

3.Blend together the shortening, sugar, eggs, vanilla and sour cream in a medium bowl.

4.With a spatula slowly stir the wet ingredients  into the dry ingredients bowl.

5. Once all the ingredients are evenly combined cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the fridge to chill for two hours.

6. Divide dough evenly into four bowls and color each with a different color liquid food coloring. 

7. Once dyed roll each color of dough into grape-sized balls. Combine a ball of each color and quickly roll into a larger ball. It will look like a little beach ball. Then roll that ball between your hands and the counter until you have a cylinder about 10 inches long. Starting from one end, roll the dough into a coil, twisting the cylinder as you go. 

8.Roll edges of the cookie in sprinkles. 

9.Bake the cookies for 10 to 11 minutes, or until done.

10. let cool for a least 10 minutes and enjoy!


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