Minnie Mouse Swirl Cookies

Are you looking for something fun and Disney-ish to make with your little bakers? I stumbled across this recipe in Family Fun:

Minnie Mouse Sugar Swirl Cookies

You will need:

• Sugar cookie dough (click here for recipe)
• flour
• wax paper
• red or green food coloring
• rolling pin
• plastic wrap
• red icing or gel
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Step 1) Make cookie dough according to directions. Divide in half. Using your food coloring, color one half of your dough either red or green. Lay out a piece of wax paper and sprinkle it with flour. Place plain dough on the wax paper and roll out a 9x9 inch square about 1/8 inch thickness. Repeat this same step with the colored dough. I found making a template makes it easier to cut the exact same shape for both squares.

Step 2) Invert the colored dough onto the plain. Cut the square in to 2 pieces so one measures 6x9 and the second is 3x9. Place the smaller piece on a separate piece of wax paper. Start rolling each piece into a 9 inch long log. Wrap each log in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

 Step 3) Take each chilled log and slice into 3/8 inch slices.   

  

Step 4) Place one piece from the bigger log on your cookie sheet. Using the rim of a cup or bottle, cut out 2 little semi-circles to make the ears fit in easily. Using a little water on your finger, rub the dough where the ear is to be placed. This will help it stick better. Now using 2 pieces from the little log, press in next to the head piece. Bake according to recipe directions. Let cool on your cookie sheet before transferring them to a rack or plate. Once the cookies have cooled, use the red gel to give Minnie a cute bow. Serve to your favorite Disney fans!



 There are a few things I would change next time around. First of all, I cheated and used a package sugar cookie dough. They taste yummy but it is a very soft dough to work with. My Minnies got a bit puffier than I would have liked and I needed to chill the dough overnight before it felt stiff enough to work with. Lesson learned. I would also roll my dough into a 9x12 log. That way I could have cut two 9x3 piece to make ears. After all you need twice as many ears than heads. But after running out of ear pieces I had some leftover dough to play with and that can be just as fun. Enjoy!