Sunflower Cookies

A Betty Crocker betty-crocker-cookies recipe for Sunflower Cookies.

OtherOtherIntermediate128 min

Ingredients

Servings
48
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted sunflower nuts
  • 1/4 teaspoon yellow food color

Instructions

  1. 1

    Beat sugar, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.

  2. 2

    Stir in flour, oats, baking powder and salt.

  3. 3

    Divide dough into one-third and two-thirds portions.

  4. 4

    Stir sunflower nuts into one-third dough.

  5. 5

    Stir food color into two-thirds dough.

  6. 6

    Shape sunflower dough into two 3/4-inch rolls, 8 inches long.

  7. 7

    Divide yellow dough in half. Pat each half into rectangle, 8 × 4 inches, on lightly floured surface.

  8. 8

    Top each rectangle with roll of sunflower dough.

  9. 9

    Wrap yellow dough around roll of sunflower dough.

  10. 10

    Press edges together.

  11. 11

    Wrap and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.

  12. 12

    Heat oven to 350º. Grease cookie sheet.

  13. 13

    Cut rolls into 1/4-inch slices.

  14. 14

    Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.

  15. 15

    Cut slits in outer yellow edge about every 1/2 inch to shape tips of petals.

  16. 16

    Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown.

  17. 17

    Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

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