Cherry Spiral Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• red food coloring
• 1/2 maraschino cherry, chopped

Recipe

• 1 beat butter and sugar together in a bowl.
• 2 add yolk and vanilla and beat mixture until smooth.
• 3 add flour and salt and mix to form a smooth dough.
• 4 wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 5 preheat to 350°f.
• 6 color 1/2 of the dough with red food coloring.
• 7 add cheeries to pink dough.
• 8 wrap and chill for another 10 minutes.
• 9 roll dough out to 1/4in thickness.
• 10 place pink dough on top of plain dough.
• 11 trim edges and roll into a log starting from a long side.
• 12 slice log into 1/4in slices.
• 13 arrange on cookie sheet.
• 14 bake 15 minutes.