Posted in 12 days of cookies, cookies, holidays, tagged 12 days of cookies, basic butter cookie dough, butter cookie variations, butter cookies, christmas cookies, date nut cookies, date nut pinwheels, date nut swirls, holiday cookies, one dough many cookies, pinwheel cookies on December 15, 2018| 1 Comment »
Day 8 people. We’ve come around the bend and are heading home. Sure, there are five more to go but we’re making good time. Today, for Day 8 of the 12 Days of Cookies, we have another classic: Date Nut Swirls. It’s an old fashioned flavor with a new fangled twist. (more…)
Posted in 12 days of cookies, cookies, holidays, tagged 12 days of cookies, basic butter cookie dough, butter cookie variations, butter cookies, christmas cookies, cinnamon sugar pinwheel cookies, cinnamon sugar pinwheels, holiday cookies, one dough many cookies, pinwheel cookies, pinwheels, spice cookies, spice pinwheels on December 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »
For Day 2 we’re getting a little fancy. Pinwheels will always make people ooh and aah; these are the pretty cookies you put on top of the box to show off. For this one, I took half of the dough and added some baking spices – cinnamon, cloves, allspice and a touch of salt – and made a pretty light brown spiral. Pinwheels are not all that difficult but they do require some attention to detail. For the best results, you need to dig out that ruler from the junk drawer. If you want to be really precise, use your scale too. This is a tough one to eyeball.
