Description
Magical Spiral Cookies are delightful, visually striking treats featuring a swirl of purple, black, and white doughs combined with a crunchy sprinkle layer. These buttery, soft cookies offer a perfect balance of sweetness and almond-vanilla aromas, ideal for festive occasions or a fancy snack.
Ingredients
Scale
Dough Ingredients
- 1½ cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
Color and Decoration
- Purple gel food coloring
- Black gel food coloring
- Purple sprinkles
- ½ cup black or chocolate sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare the butter and sugar mixture: Beat the unsalted butter and powdered sugar together until the mixture is light and fluffy. This step is essential for incorporating air into the dough, resulting in tender cookies.
- Add eggs and milk: Incorporate the eggs and milk into the butter-sugar mixture and mix until smooth, ensuring an even and consistent batter.
- Combine dry and flavoring ingredients: Gradually add the all-purpose flour, salt, vanilla extract, and almond extract into the wet mixture. Mix until a firm dough forms.
- Divide and color the dough: Split the dough into portions. Tint one half with purple gel food coloring thoroughly. Then divide the remaining half into black and white portions—tint one portion black, and leave the other plain white.
- Roll black dough: Roll the black dough into a 6×12-inch rectangle on a floured surface, ensuring even thickness.
- Layer white dough: Roll the white dough into a 6×12-inch rectangle of the same size. Place it carefully on top of the black dough and roll lightly with a rolling pin to make them adhere without mixing the colors.
- Roll purple dough with sprinkles: Roll the purple dough to the same 6×12-inch size. Sprinkle purple sprinkles evenly on top. Then roll this dough into a log shape, which will create the spiral effect in the cookies when sliced.
Notes
- Use gel food coloring for vibrant colors without altering dough texture.
- Chill the rolled dough logs before slicing to prevent deformation during cutting.
- Slicing the log into ¼-inch thick cookies will yield the best spiral effect.
- Bake cookies on parchment paper to avoid sticking.
- Allow cookies to cool on wire racks to maintain crispness.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: spiral cookies, purple cookies, almond cookies, vanilla cookies, festive cookies, colorful cookies, homemade cookies
