I am so glad I have a break off of school, I can bake more and post more. I also don't have to worry about the auditions anymore because they are over now. So I have more time on my hands. I had to write an essay on human nature! I don't believe in human nature, but I couldn't write a essay about how I didn't believe in human nature, which annoyed me a little bit. But whatever, I got over it.
Oh I'm just gonna warn you that when you are making these cookies, they will stain your hands the colors you use. I totally didn't think about it and my hands were blue, green, purple, red and orange.
Once again I have gotten the recipe from CakeSpy; Sweat Treats for a Sugar-Filled Life by Jessie Oleson.
1 pound (4 sticks) of unsalted butter, softened.
2 cups of confectioners' sugar, sifted.
1/2 teaspoons of salt.
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
4 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour.
Food coloring in many colors :D
and of course, SPRINKLES :D
wax paper
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Use a larger bowl, because when I made these I started out with a smaller bowl and when I mixed the flour and the butter/sugar everything went everywhere. So just use a large bowl so you won't have a huge mess to clean up.
First thing you should do is preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grab the closest electric mixer you own and beat the butter till it is nice and fluffy. Once that is done switch the speed to slow, and add in the confectioners' sugar and salt. Beat the mix for a few minutes. Then next you put in the vanilla extract.
Slowly add the flour while mixing it in with a wooden spoon, or metal whatever you have at your house. Mix the dough until it can form a ball. When you achieved that divide it into as many parts as you want to have colors. Then put food coloring on the different balls of dough. The colors I used were purple, green-blue, red and orange. This is the part when your hands will get dyed. Also don't be shy on the usage of the food coloring, because the colors will fade while in the oven.
Roll each of the sections into logs, then roll the mini logs of single colors into one big log. Combining all of the colors. It will be very large do not worry. You can roll the log in sprinkles if you want, to make the cookies even more awesome, remember this; You can never ever go wrong with lots of sprinkles. Sprinkles makes everything better. OKAY.
Cut the log in half, so you have two logs. Then roll them out so they are not that thick, I cut mine into four logs (which I regretted because they were too thin) You can either cut the cookies or put them in the fridge and save them for later.
If you are going to make them now(which I am assuming you are...) still wrap the logs in wax paper and put them in the fridge to chill for about maybe 15 minutes or so. When they are done, take them out and slice them to the size you want. Do not press on them because they will loose their fluffy-ness, trust me they taste better when they aren't squished.
Put them on the cookie sheet and put them in the oven for 7 to 9 minutes, so they are firm but not brown. Once they are done let them cool down for 5 minutes.
enjoy xo Izzy.
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