These are not quite the perfect look that I was after but they have gone down so well with the kids. It was definitely time to put the Baker perfection in me aside – we had such great fun assembling these cookies that I decided to show them anyway. I will make them again for nicer photos but for now, embrace the mother in me!
A sugar cookie recipe that I have used time and time again – just made a little more child friendly with oodles of gel food colourings! Warning: Liquid food colourings will not work for this recipe – someone comes along and steals all the colour the minute they go in the oven.
Tips for making them look better (Now, there’s a catchy title!)
* Separate the dough into 1/3 and 2/3 – Only colour the 1/3 – I think the coloured sections of my cookies are a little too thick
* Make sure all the coloured sections meet up – I had small gaps which seemed to grow in the oven
* Don’t be frightened of using a rolling pin to flatten down the different sections in the cookies
* Experiment with different flavours – Lemon, Lime and Orange Zest all work really well in these cookies. Use the zest of at least 2 x whatever fruit.
RAINBOW PINWHEEL COOKIES
| Serves | 12-14 |
| Prep time | 2 hours, 20 minutes |
| Cook time | 10 minutes |
| Total time | 2 hours, 30 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Freezable, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Birthday Party, Casual Party |
INGREDIENTS
- 250gg Plain Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/8 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
- pinch Salt
- 140g Butter
- 170g Caster Sugar
- 1 Medium Egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (See post for alternative flavourings)
- Gel Food Colourings (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet)
DIRECTIONS
| 1. | |
| Line 2 baking trays with baking parchment | |
| 2. | |
| Using an electric mixer, whisk together the butter and sugar until well combined and fluffy | |
| 3. | |
| Add in the egg whilst still mixing and then the vanilla | |
| 4. | |
| Stir in the flour, baking powder, bicarb & salt | |
| 5. | |
| Bring together in a large ball of dough and double wrap in cling film. Place in the fridge for 1 hour | |
| 6. | |
| After 1 hour – remove from the fridge. Slice the dough in half – keep one half in the fridge and split the remaining half into 6 even pieces. | |
| 7. | |
| Colour each of the six small pieces with the gel colour | |
| 8. | |
| Roll out the uncoloured half to around 1/2 a cm thickness in a rectangle shape | |
| 9. | |
| Roll each colour into long thin sausages and line up – Take care to make sure each colour touches the one next to it or you will get gaps in the colour like I did. You will need some extra flour to cover your hands as the dough can get very sticky | |
| 10. | |
| Lightly roll over the coloured sausages to make sure even – Roll the dough widthways until you get a long thick sausage | |
| 11. | |
| Place in double cling film again and freeze for 1 hour | |
| 12. | |
| Meanwhile preheat the oven to 160C. Remove the dough from the freezer and cut into 1cm slices with a sharp knife | |
| 13. | |
| Arrange on the baking sheets and cook for 10 minutes – Check after 5 minutes. You may need to turn them for an even bake in the oven | |
The cookies look really scrummy, I think z would love making these!
Thanks! Every time Tara saw one – she declared that she had made them!
Thank you including my Red Velvet Cupcakes in the round-up!! I’m now a convert to cream-cheese frosting!!!
Oh me too – Could eat the stuff off a spoon!
Erm, they look AMAZING!! And surely as long as they taste good, that’s the main thing! Yum 😀
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Oh they did, Holly – But they didn’t last long!
Love these! So cute! Great for parties. 😀
Thanks Sarah – I agree, perfect for parties
I love the look of these, I am definitely going to have a go at making them #Tefalgiveaway
Oh do Kat – let me know how you get on!
Oh wow! What a way to make cookies look amazing 🙂 Definitely book marking this! #ShareFriday
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Thanks Emma – Hope they work out for you 🙂
Thank you for featuring my tart! It must not be easy to choose among all the delicious entries every week. Your cookies look really cute!
There’s definitely some very talented bakers amongst us Alida!
Hi, Helen. It’s nice to be back. I missed #BakeoftheWeek. Your cookies are lovely. 🙂
About hosting, I don’t know if InLinkz would work on my blog, but I will be available to help after July 17. If you still need host after that, I’d be here. 🙂 You can drop me an email, too. xx
Ooh thanks so much Jhuls _ Will definitely email you in the next couple of weeks. I have missed you being around – so pleased that you are back! x
cool #Tefalgiveaway
Thanks James!
These cookies are sooooooooo cute!! For them I’m a kid also 🙂
Thanks for the party!!
Oh Winnie – we never should have to grow up 🙂
They look fab! They would literally last five minutes in our house 🙂
They didn’t last much longer in ours!
Oh your pinwheel cookies looks amazing, so clever! x
Thanks lovely! Very simple really x
It takes such patience to do stuff like this – I only tried two colours (normal and chocolate) for some pinwheel cookies and they were a disaster!
I think it was a good evening that ensured we all had the patience! Very simple really.
Love those colours, such cute cookies!
Thanks Lucy – Trying not to think about the food colourings!
These look great. I always worry about adding too much colouring when I do things like this and they usually end up looking mouldy rather than pretty
Gel food colourings work so much better than liquid colourings – I’ve definitely had my fair share of disasters!
What brilliant cookies! I love them! And since we are entering ‘birthday month’ when the kids need treats for their parties I may just have to have a go at making something like this that is gluten and dairy free!!
they still look so colourful and fun (and tasty!) – thanks for taking part in Treat Petite x
These cookies are so fun and colourful! Thanks for entering into #TreatPetite