Soft Sugar Cookies ~Rainbow~. Soft Sugar Cookies ~Rainbow~ Very soft, easy and fun to make. There's something really special about mastering a classic and my Soft Sugar Cookies recipe has got all techniques to make your sugar cookie soft just the way you want it. Decorated to the nines with colored frosting, and of course a mix of fun rainbow sprinkles, these cookies are perfect for all kinds of celebrations! Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter, granulated sugar and confectioners' sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about.
When that cookie is a Rainbow Tie-Dyed Sugar Cookie, the answer is a resounding yes! There's even more joy found when the whole family gets in on the action, piecing off dough and contributing to the giant, multi-colored log of psychedelic cookie dough. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. You can have Soft Sugar Cookies ~Rainbow~ using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Soft Sugar Cookies ~Rainbow~
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Butter.
- You need 1/2 cup of Granulated Sugar.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Powdered Sugar.
- You need 1 of Egg.
- You need 1/2 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of Vegetable or Canola Oil.
- You need 2 1/4 of All-purpose Flour.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda.
- You need 1/2 tsp of Salt.
- You need 1/2 tsp of Cream of Tartar.
- Prepare 3 of Food dye/coloring.
Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. This recipe starts with a basic sugar cookie dough. In addition to vanilla, I also add a tiny bit of almond extract. I absolutely love almond extract in a sugar cookie - feel free to leave it out, if you'd prefer.
Soft Sugar Cookies ~Rainbow~ step by step
- In a large bowl, cream together butter, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, egg, vanilla, and oil..
- In a different bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients..
- Gradually add the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture; mix well..
- Separate the dough equally into three small bowls. Add desired food coloring to each bowl of dough. Blend until well combined..
- Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours..
- Roll out each ball of dough into 3 flat rectangles onto three separate sheets of wax paper. Stack on top of each, wax paper side down..
- Roll out each ball of dough into 3 flat (desired thickness) rectangles, onto three separate sheets of wax paper. Stack on top of each, wax paper side down. Freeze, 30 minutes-1 hour.
- Take out sheets of dough, peel off sheets and press together. Roll tightly into a log. Freeze for 30mins-1hour..
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut cookie dough into 1/2-inch slices and place on a cookie sheet about 1-inch apart..
- Bake for 12-15 minutes. Do NOT over bake!.
- Cookies should be soft.
After preparing the dough, we add a generous amount of sprinkles. I use rainbow sprinkles, but you can use any color that you. The technique for assembling these Rainbow Pinwheel Cookies could not be easier. No precise measurement, rolling pin action, or squaring-off of dough blocks is required. Place the rainbow dough in the center and wrap the plain dough around it, again, pinching together any cracks and smoothing out the surface.