Cherry Spiral Cookies

An interesting twist to boring cookies! Taken from a Mom and Me Cookbook.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 36

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1  cup butter
• 1  egg yolk
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
•  red food coloring
• 1⁄2 maraschino cherry, chopped

Directions

1. Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl.
2. Add yolk and vanilla and beat mixture until smooth.
3. Add flour and salt and mix to form a smooth dough.
4. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
5. Preheat to 350°F.
6. Color 1/2 of the dough with red food coloring.
7. Add cheeries to pink dough.
8. Wrap and chill for another 10 minutes.
9. Roll dough out to 1/4in thickness.
10. Place pink dough on top of plain dough.
11. Trim edges and roll into a log starting from a long side.
12. Slice log into 1/4in slices.
13. Arrange on cookie sheet.
14. Bake 15 minutes.