There’s nothing that screams Spring time like pastel colors. Am I right? And these cookies just did it for me. They are so colorful and, dare I say, fun?
You can make them any colors that you would like. These colors are perfect for Easter or Spring.
I found these cookies pinned on Pinterest but the site that it took me to? I couldn’t find this recipe anywhere on it. Argh. But it said it came from Melissa’s Recipe Box so I’m going to credit them unless someone wants to tell me where the heck this recipe really is.
I found the sugar cookie recipe from BakingAway. They looked delicious on her site and perfect for this cookie.
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- Food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until smooth and very fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
- Divide dough into different small bowls. (As many as you would like colors)
- Add a few drops of food coloring to each bowl and mix thoroughly.
- Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls. Place on lined cookie sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.
- When completely cooled, pipe butter cream frosting on one cookie bottom. Top with another cookie.
- Enjoy!
You can either use a sore bought buttercream frosting or use the recipe below (found on Martha Stewart.)
Ingredients
- 6 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 9 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Beat butter and 3 cups sugar with a mixer on medium speed until combined. Reduce speed to medium-low, and continue to beat, gradually adding remaining 6 cups sugar, 1 cup at a time. Raise speed to medium-high; add vanilla. Beat until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes more.
Don’t you just love them?!
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These are so pretty and perfect for Easter!!!
Thanks Aimee!
Thank you so much. I’m new to Pinterest and this is a great help because I found the pic with no recipe.
I love the bright spring colors of these cookies! Thanks so much for sharing these at the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party! See you next week
These are the prettiest colors! I’d love to give these a try!
Just curious as to how many cookies this recipe makes? I am going to make them for my daughters class tomorrow and want to be sure I make enough! Also, would gel food colouring work?
Very cute cookies!
It made about 20 sandwiches (40 cookies) unless you make them big. I used my Pampered Chef small scoop and the cookies were about 2 inches wide.
Hello,
Can you tell me how many cookies can be made with the quality above? I’ll have a total of 4 colors.
Thank you!
I can’t remember how many cookies it made. I made them big, maybe 2 1/2 inches so it only made maybe 10 sandwiches. If you make them smaller then you will get more cookies.