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Cotton Candy Cookies

These super cute Cotton Candy Cookies are pink and blue pinwheel-swirled treats full of cotton candy flavor and topped with icing and sparkling sugar. Perfect for parties and special occasions.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cookies, cotton candy, pinwheel
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Chill 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 24 minutes
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 240kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter softened (2 sticks)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 ½ teaspoon cotton candy flavoring
  • Pink food coloring
  • Blue food coloring

confectioner’s sugar or flour for rolling

    Icing

    • 16 oz white icing
    • Sprinkles

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
    • Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
    • Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
    • In a mixing bowl, blend the butter and sugar until creamy and light.
    • Add the egg, almond extract, and vanilla extract. Mix well.
    • Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix until combined. The dough may be a little crumbly.
    • Turn out the dough onto a surface lightly dusted with confectioner’s sugar or flour.
    • Divide the dough into two equal portions.
    • Add the pink food coloring to one ball of dough and work the dough until the color is evenly distributed throughout. Repeat with the other ball of dough and the blue food coloring.
    • Roll out each ball to ¼ inch thickness.
    • Place one sheet of the cookie dough on top of the other sheet. Pat gently to remove any air pockets and then roll the dough tightly from one side to the other as you would a jelly roll. If the dough is too soft- you can wrap it in plastic wrap and chill it in the fridge for about an hour.
    • Slice the cookie dough into ¼ inch slices. Place the cookies onto the prepared baking sheet.
    • Bake cookies for 7 to 9 minutes. Do not brown the cookies. Allow cookies to cool for at least 20 minutes on the baking sheet before carefully transferring them to a cooling rack.
    • Remove the lid and aluminum seal from the frosting container.
    • Place it in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir well.
    • Pour the icing over the cookies and immediately add sprinkles.
    • Allow the icing to dry completely before stacking. Using parchment or waxed paper between each layer is recommended.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 131mg | Potassium: 22mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 22g | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg | Net Carbohydrates: 20g