Red and Blue Pinwheel Icebox Cookies
16 cookies
Icebox-style patriotic cookies made in red and blue, baked in the oven or an Air Fryer. These cookies are soft, buttery, and made with just a few basic pantry ingredients.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1½ cups (180g) all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup, 1 stick, (113g) unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup (150g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Royal Blue food coloring
- Red food coloring
- Fluffy White frosting store bought or homemade
- 4th of July sprinkles
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl using a hand mixer or in a bowl of a standmixer, cream the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy (4-5 minutes).
- Add in the egg, and vanilla extract, and continue mixing for about 30-45 seconds.
- Gradually add in the dry ingredients, and mix until all of the ingredients are combined into the dough.
- Divide the dough in half and place in separate bowls. Add red food coloring to one bowl and blue to the other bowl, mixing the coloring into each portion of the dough.
- Cover and chill the dough in the freezer for about 10 minutes. Once you remove the dough from the freezer, place it on a lightly floured surface and roll out each color of dough into a rectangle shape (about ½ inch in thickness).
- Stack the 2 rectangles on top of each other, and trim the edges of the rectangle so the edges of the dough are straight. Beginning with the longer end of the rectangle, gently roll the dough and pinch the seam. Wrap and place in the freezer for about 10-15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C, or your air fryer to 325°F/160°C. Line your cookie sheet with parchment paper, or your air fryer basket with air fryer parchment liners.
- Place the cookies on the cookie sheet or air fryer leaving room for the cookies to spread.
- Bake for about 13-15 minutes, or Air fry for 6-7 minutes or until the cookies are set without turning golden brown. Remove the cookies onto a wire rack, and repeat with the remaining cookies.
- When completely cooled, frost the cookies using your frosting of choice and decorate with sprinkles.
Notes
- Nutrition values are calculated per cookie without frosting (these are rough estimates).
- If you choose to bake with salted butter, be sure to skip the salt in the recipe.
- For super neat layers, brush the top of both cookie dough rectangles with an egg white before stacking them on top of each other.
- It’s important that you refrigerate the cookie dough as instructed in the recipe card, if you don’t, you will get flat cookies.
- Note that there's a difference in the baking temperature and time between an air fryer and an oven. Scroll down to the recipe card to find them.
- Change up the colors, and make Christmas pinwheel cookies, Easter pinwheel cookies, or any colors that you like!
- Store baked cookies in layers separated by plastic wrap or wax paper in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days, or in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 236kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 127mg | Potassium: 22mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 549IU | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg