Painted Cookies – {25 Days Series}

My children had so much fun with today’s craft!  They LOVE making cookies and they also LOVE using cookie cutters.  We didn’t have near as many Christmas shapes as I thought we did, but they didn’t seem to mind!  

Supplies:

Sugar Cookie Dough (recipe below)

Cookie Cutters

Egg Yolks

Food Coloring

Ice cube tray or foam egg carton

New paintbrushes (or a kitchen one)

 

Directions:

1.    In a small bowl, gently stir several egg yolks until mixed together.

2.    Spoon a bit of egg yolk into several compartments of an old ice cube tray or a foam egg carton.

3.    Tint each egg yolk with food coloring

 

4.   Before you bake, paint each cookie with small paintbrushes dipped in the cookie paint.  (You may want to remind them not to taste the paint before it’s cooked since uncooked eggs could contain salmonella)

 

5.    Bake and enjoy!

Sugar Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups butter, softened

2 cups white sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

5 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

 

Directions

1.    In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth.   Beat in eggs and vanilla.   Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).

2.    Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3.    Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.