How To Make Candy Corn Cookies
These soft candy corn cookies are like regular sugar cookies, but are artfully designed to look like everyone’s favorite classic Halloween treat!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupbutter,softened
- 1cupsugar
- ½tspvanilla extract
- 3cupall-purpose flour
- 1tspbaking soda
- ½tspsalt
- yellow paste food coloring
- orange paste food coloring
Instructions
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Cream the butter and sugar for 5 to 7 minutes until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla.
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In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt, then gradually beat into the creamed mixture.
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Divide dough in half. Tint one portion yellow. Divide the remaining dough into 2⁄3 and 1⁄3 portions. Color the larger portion orange, and leave the smaller portion plain.
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Shape each portion of dough into two 8-inch logs. Flatten the top and push the sides in at a slight angle. Place the orange logs on the yellow logs, then push sides in at a slight angle. Top with the plain logs, forming a slightly rounded top.
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Wrap and refrigerate about 4 hours until firm.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Unwrap and cut dough into 1⁄4-inch slices. Place the cookies 2 inches apart on the ungreased baking sheets.
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Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until set.
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Remove from the pans to the wire racks to cool. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 62.88kcal
- Fat: 3.13g
- Saturated Fat: 1.95g
- Trans Fat: 0.12g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.80g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.14g
- Carbohydrates: 8.11g
- Fiber: 0.17g
- Sugar: 3.35g
- Protein: 0.68g
- Cholesterol: 8.13mg
- Sodium: 31.34mg
- Calcium: 1.89mg
- Potassium: 7.72mg
- Iron: 0.29mg
- Vitamin A: 25.88µg
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