• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Spray a cookie sheet with nonstick baking spray.
• Add flour and baking soda in a sifter. Sift the two together into a bowl.
• In a second larger bowl add butter and sugar. Use an electric mixer to cream the butter and sugar together.
• Add the eggs and vanilla to the bowl. Continue to mix the eggs and vanilla into the butter mixture.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients;
• With your hands knead the dough together. As needed add more flour so that you can work with the dough.
• Tear off equal lengths of dough. Roll each piece of dough to make a log.
• Twirl each piece of dough into a small rope. Put each dough twist on the cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Take out of the oven and allow cooling on the cookie sheet for several minutes.

Directions for the Icing:

• Add powder sugar, vanilla, and water in a small bowl. Whisk to combine the ingredients.
• Dip each cookie into the bowl of icing. Return the cookies to the cookie sheet and top each cookie with holiday sprinkles.
• Set aside to dry.