Groovy Colorful Sugar Cookies
Rainbow swirl cut out cookies with a stained-glass center. Soft, delivious, and a fun dessert to create!
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Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 1 No Spread Sugar Cooke Cut Out Recipe
- 16 Jolly Ranchers
- ¼ Royal Icing Recipe
- ¼ cup Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Follow instructions of your Cut Out Cookie Recipe up until you finish the dough.
- Break the dough into 3 equal pieces. Using a stand mixer (or by hand) mix food dye with each piece of dough. When completed you will have 3 different colors of dough.
- Take one of the colored dough sections, break in half, and then break each piece in half again leaving you with four dough pieces. Roll out each piece into a long log that is at least ½" thick. Repeat with the remaining colors leaving you 12 dough logs in total.
- Lay down a piece of wax paper. Take two log dough pieces from each color and start to spiral them together on the wax paper. Start in the center and work your way out rotating colors so that the same colors do not overlap.
- Place ¼" dough sticks on each side of the dough. Cover in wax paper and roll out with a rolling pin. Freeze for 10-15 minutes to get the dough stiff, but not frozen.
- While the dough is in the freezer, it is time to crush your Jolly Ranchers. You will use about 16 pieces of candy so decide which colors you want the stained glass to be and separate by color. Crush like colors together in a Ziploc bag using a meat tenderizer or whatever object you have that will crush the candy. Make sure your Ziploc is on a cutting board or whatever will best protect your countertop.
- Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats. Remove cookie dough from the freezer and cut out your shapes. Use a smaller cookie cutter or a knife to cut out a hole in the middle of the larger cookie. Do not re-roll the cookie dough more than once. The colors will start to blend too much at this point. Place cookies on the baking sheet.
- Add the crushed candy to the center of each cut out cookie. Make sure to fill the hole completely, but do not let any candy overlap onto the edge of the cookie.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely on the cookie sheet. Do not move until the candy is fully hardened.
- While the cookies are cooling, make your royal icing and color it to your desired shades.
- When the cookies are fully cool and the candy has hardened, drizzle the edges with royal icing, and top with sprinkles!
Notes
Storage:
Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Make sure to stack them very carefully to avoid the stained glass center from breaking.