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                    Swirls of color, also known as Play Dough Cookies. Ingredients: 
                    
                        
                                                3/4 cup butter, softened  |  
                                                3 ounces cream cheese  |  
                                                1 cup white sugar  |  
                                                1 egg  |  
                                                1 teaspoon vanilla extract  |  
                                                2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour  |  
                                                1 teaspoon baking powder  |  
                                                1/4 teaspoon salt  |  
                                                assorted colors of paste food coloring  |  
                                                24 lollipop sticks  |  
                                                
                     
                    Directions: 
                    
                        
                            
                                1. In a bowl cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until smooth 2. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir till soft dough forms. Divide dough into fourths. Tint each with a different food color. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours. 3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Working with each color, shape dough into 3/4 inch balls. For each cookie place 1 pink, 1 green, 1 blue and 1 orange ball together to make 1 large rainbow colored ball. Shape into a 12 inch long roll (like a snake); starting at one end, coil roll to make a 2 3/4 inch round cookie. Place cookies 3 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Carefully insert lollipop sticks into bottoms of cookie 4. Bake cookies for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool and store in an airtight container.                              | 
                         
                         
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