These holiday Mickey Mouse Swirl Cookies are so festive and fun!
Happy Holidays! It is cookie baking season and these Mickey Mouse Swirl Cookies are such a fun treat to share with friends and family. The festive colors mixed with the shape of one of our favorite Disney characters makes it a family favorite cookie in our home. Feel free to enjoy Mickey Mouse cookies or add a bow to make them Minnie Mouse cookies! Any way you like to enjoy them, they will be loved by all. You might also like:
Mickey mouse swirl cookies
Makes 24 cookies
Ingredients
1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
1 1/2 C powder sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 C flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tarter
cookie sheet
fitted with parchment paper
red and green food coloring
wilton holly melody
sprinkles
1 box of wilton royal icing bows
1 white tube of cookie icing
tweezers
Directions
- In a standing mixer, combine butter, powder sugar, egg and vanilla and mix on medium speed until combined and fluffy.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and cream of tarter.
- Gradually add in the flour to the wet mixture and mix on low speed until combined.
- Once dough has formed, place dough onto a lightly floured cutting board.
- Cut the dough into 4 parts.
- Take 1/4 of the dough and add green food coloring and mix till combined.
- Take another 1/4 part of the dough and add red food coloring and mix till combined.
- You should still have two 1/4 parts.
- Place a sheet of parchment paper onto the cutting board.
- Place the red dough onto the parchment paper, sprinkle some flour around it and place another sheet over it.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to 1 inch thick rectangle.
- Cut the edges to clean up the rectangle.
- Repeat steps with a plain dough.
- Carefully lift the plain rectangle dough and place it on top of the red dough.
- Using the parchment paper to help, roll the dough into a log.
- Cut log in half.
- Roll 1 of the half logs into a smaller log for the ears.
- Fold edges of parchment paper and place cookie logs onto a cookie sheet.
- Repeat steps with the green and other plain dough.
- Place cookie sheet into the fridge for over night.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the cookie dough logs into 2 inch circles.
- Place a big circle and two small circles onto the cookie sheet in the shape of Mickey's head.
- Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes or until slightly golden brown
You can use a small dollop of frosting to attach holly and bows. 
Ingredients
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 1 1/2 C powder sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/2 C flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cream of tarter
- cookie sheet fitted with parchment paper
- red and green food coloring
- wilton holly melody sprinkles
- 1 box of wilton royal icing bows
- 1 white tube of cookie icing
- tweezers
Instructions
- In a standing mixer, combine butter, powder sugar, egg and vanilla and mix on medium speed until combined and fluffy
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and cream of tarter.
- Gradually add in the flour to the wet mixture and mix on low speed until combined
- Once dough has formed, place dough onto a lightly floured cutting board
- Cut the dough into 4 parts
- Take 1/4 of the dough and add green food coloring and mix till combined
- Take another 1/4 part of the dough and add red food coloring and mix till combined
- You should still have two 1/4 parts
- Place a sheet of parchment paper onto the cutting board
- Place the red dough onto the parchment paper, sprinkle some flour around it and place another sheet over it
- Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to 1 inch thick rectangle
- Cut the edges to clean up the rectangle
- Repeat steps with a plain dough
- Carefully lift the plain rectangle dough and place it on top of the red dough
- Using the parchment paper to help, roll the dough into a log
- Cut log in half
- Roll 1 of the half logs into a smaller log for the ears
- Fold edges of parchment paper and place cookie logs onto a cookie sheet
- Repeat steps with the green and other plain dough
- Place cookie sheet into the fridge for over night
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Using a sharp knife, cut the cookie dough logs into 2 inch circles
- Place a big circle and two small circles onto the cookie sheet in the shape of Mickey's head
- Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes or until slightly golden brown
- Once cookies are baked, pick which ones you want to be Minnie and Which ones you want to be Mickey
- Using the cookie icing, add a small dollop onto the back of the icing bow and place in the middle of the big circle in between the ears
- Repeat steps with all Minnie cookies
- Using the cookie icing, pipe on a small dot onto the back of the holly sprinkles and place into the top right corner
- Repeat steps with all cookies
- Let dry for 20 minutes before enjoying
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