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Calling all cookie lovers! Pinwheel cookies are like edible rainbows and surprisingly easy to make. No fancy cookie cutters needed, just dough in different colors! Roll the colors together, slice, and bake. They’re so much fun. You’ll be making batch after batch! Plus, there are tons of flavor ideas to try, so get creative and whip up some pinwheel cookies!

Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

Christmas Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: xoxobella.

Easy Christmas pinwheel cookies are sure to put a smile on your face this holiday season. They really are festive looking! These Italian Christmas swirl cookies might look like something from an Italian bakery but it isn’t hard to make this Christmas cookie roll yourself. Add these red and green Christmas cookies to your gluten free holiday baking list this year!
Get the Recipe: Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

Strawberry Cheesecake Pinwheel Cookies

Strawberry Cheesecake Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: Well Fed Baker.

We love a good lookin’ cookie. This Pinwheel strawberry cheesecake cookie offers a crispy shortbread outside with a creamy strawberry inside. You’ll be surprised at the creative ingredients used in this recipe!
Get the Recipe: Strawberry Cheesecake Pinwheel Cookies

Chocolate Rugelach

Chocolate Rugelach. Photo credit: The Monday Box.

Rugelach cookies with a luscious chocolate filling are delightful, crispy, and flaky pastries. This convenient rugelach recipe allows for the creation of stunning swirled delights that can be prepared in advance, then sliced and baked whenever desired.
Get the Recipe: Chocolate Rugelach

Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies

Delicate pink and white peppermint pinwheel cookies carefully arrange on speckled backdrop.
Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: Whisking Wolf.

These peppermint pinwheel cookies are just the sweetest! The slice and bake method makes it easy to bake these beauties in batches. Deliciously soft, you’ll find these to be gone in no time.
Get the Recipe: Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies

Cranberry Orange Spiral Cookies

Soft and gooey cranberry orange spiral cookies.
Cranberry Orange Spiral Cookies. Photo credit: Amandas Cookin.

There’s something so special about a fruit-filled cookie. This spiral cookie recipe combines two sweet and tangy fruits to make a cookie that will make your tastebuds tingle. The simplicity of these makes them a great addition to any cookie platter.
Get the Recipe: Cranberry Orange Spiral Cookies

Rainbow Pinwheel Cookies

Rainbow Pinwheel Cookies.
Rainbow Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: Fun Money Mom.

This Pinwheel Cookie Recipe is perfect for making fun rainbow cookies with beautiful, bright swirls and a delicious sugar cookie taste.
Get the Recipe: Rainbow Pinwheel Cookies

Valentine’s Day Pinwheel Cookies

Valentine's Day Pinwheel Cookies.
Valentine’s Day Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons.

These Valentine’s Day Pinwheel Cookies are so beautiful with a swirl of vibrant pink colors is so eye-popping and even more delicious.
Get the Recipe: Valentine’s Day Pinwheel Cookies

Peanut Butter And Jelly Cookies

Peanut Butter And Jelly Cookies.
Peanut Butter And Jelly Cookies. Photo credit: Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons.

What is something that every child has had? PB & J? What better way to enjoy it than with Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies!
Get the Recipe: Peanut Butter And Jelly Cookies

Red White And Blue Cookies

Red White And Blue Cookies.
Red White And Blue Cookies. Photo credit: Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons.

Red White And Blue Cookies are the best patriotic cookies for the holidays. Made in a playful pinwheel shape
Get the Recipe: Red White And Blue Cookies

Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

Christmas Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: The Slow Roasted Italian.

How could one resist a festive cookie that looks almost like a giant piece of candy? Almost too beautiful to eat, yet too delicious to pass up, this Christmas Pinwheel Cookies recipe will become a holiday staple! Great for parties and even better to gift.
Get the Recipe: Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

Christmas Pinwheels

Red and green swirled pinwheel cookies.
Christmas Pinwheels. Photo credit: Julies Eats and Treats.

You will love the soft sugar cookie flavor of these colorful and tasty treats! You can make them a few days in advance so you have cookies for Christmas eve, or make them today to share a yummy cookie with someone special.
Get the Recipe: Christmas Pinwheels

Maurice Lenell Pinwheel Cookies

Stacked red and green sprinkled pinwheel cookies on wire cooling rack
Maurice Lenell Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: The Perks of Being Us.

Beginning with a layer of vanilla and milk chocolate cookie dough, then rolled in festive colored sugar, these Maurice Lenell pinwheel cookies are so satisfying to make. With beautiful bright colors and a perfectly crisp edge, you’ll have many requests for these every holiday season.
Get the Recipe: Maurice Lenell Pinwheel Cookies

Date Pinwheel Cookies

Date Pinwheel Cookies.
Date Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: Live To Sweet.

These Date Pinwheel Cookies have a buttery brown sugar dough filled with swirls of dates and pecans. These babies are crisp, chewy, crunchy, and gooey all in one bite!
Get the Recipe: Chocolate Holiday Pinwheel Cookies

Cherry Almond Pinwheel Cookies

Cherry almond pinwheel sugar cookies stacked on a plate and ties with twine.
Cherry Almond Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: Inspired By Charm.

This cherry and almond flavor mixture is a dream! These flavorful cookies are light and crispy making them a perfect treat to add to a holiday cookie box!
Get the Recipe: Cherry Almond Pinwheel Cookies

Red & Green Pinwheel Cookies

Green and red Christmas pinwheel cookies stacked on wood backdrop.
Red & Green Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: Little Sunny Kitchen.

These old-fashioned pinwheel cookies are the perfect Christmas treat. Festive, easy-to-make, and delicious! Add this to your Christmas cookie exchange list!
Get the Recipe: Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies

Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies
Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: Cheerful Cook

These Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies are more than just a treat. These cookies are fun, festive, and incredibly tasty! A fun twist on a classic cream cheese sugar cookie that melts in your mouth at first bite.
Get the Recipe: Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies

Bella Bucchiotti

Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.

 

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