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Candy Corn Roll-Up Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • zest of 1 orange
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • teaspoon orange gel food color
  • teaspoon yellow gel food color

Instructions

  1. In the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy; add egg and orange peel and beat until combined. Sift in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; beat until just combined.
  2. Divide dough into thirds. Tint one portion orange and one portion yellow; leave remaining portion plain. Flatten each portion into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate 20 minutes.
  3. On separate sheets of waxed paper lightly dusted with powdered sugar, roll each portion of dough into 12x9-inch rectangle. Place orange rectangle on top of yellow rectangle. Top with plain dough rectangle. Starting on a long side, roll dough into a cylinder. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate 1 hour.
  4. Heat oven to 375F. Use a very sharp knife to cut dough into ¼-inch slices. Place on parchment lined baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
  5. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are set. Cool on baking sheet for 1 minute before moving to a wire rack to cool.