Pinwheel Lollipop Cookies

Aren't these adorable? I was blog surfing earlier today and found these.....Super cute! I think that they would be cute presented as candies too. You wouldn't need to put them on a stick...just put cellophane around them and tie each end with curly ribbon like a candy. Fun!3/4 C. butter, softened
3 oz. cream cheese
1 C. white sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 3/4 C. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Assorted colors of paste food coloring
24 lollipop sticks

In a bowl cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until smooth. 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. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Working with half of each color, shape dough into 3/4 inch balls and for each cookie place 1 pink, 1 green, 1 blue and 1 orange ball together to make 1 large 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 cookies.
Bake cookies for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool and store in an airtight container