Marbled cookies
Hello! A week from today is Fat Tuesday, so I’m making Mardi Gras themed recipes this week.
This morning I made marbled Mardi Gras cookies. I had this great idea to use my star shaped cookie cutter and shape the arms into a fleur de lis shape. It wasn’t as easy as I thought. Then I baked them, and y’all, it was a failure of epic proportions! I just laughed it off and made the rest in star shapes. They are so cute!
The Girl Child and I ate the fleur de lis fails. They weren’t pretty, but they sure were delicious!
You can make these marbled cookies anytime and for any occasion by simply changing colors. For these I used purple, green and yellow.
Here’s what you’ll need:
1 pouch Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix (or your favorite sugar cookie dough)
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 stick of butter (softened)
1 egg
4 TBSP flour
Gel food coloring in your desired colors
Ok. Let’s do this!
Preheat oven to 375°
In a large bowl, combine sugar cookie mix, butter, egg, flour and vanilla with a wooden spoon, until a soft dough forms.
Divide dough into 3 (or more) pieces. Place each piece in a seperate bowl.
Add food coloring to each bowl and stir into dough until desired color is achieved.
Place dough in refrigerator for at least 20 minutes. Cold dough is easier to work with.
On a floured surface, or parchment paper, drop balls of each color of dough (I used a 1 TBSP sized cookie scoop) in a random pattern. You want to form a rectangular shape.
Gently push the dough balls together towards the center to tighten up the rectangle.
Roll dough to approximately 1/4 inch thick. This will create the marbled pattern.
I love making this dough. The colors are always so pretty. This dough just looks FUN!
Use a cookie cutter to cut shapes out of the dough.
Place cutout shapes 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 7-9 minutes, until edges are golden.
Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before moving to cooling rack to cool completely.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
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Marbled Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 pouch Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix or your favorite sugar cookie dough
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 stick of butter softened
- 1 egg
- 4 TBSP flour
- Gel food coloring in your desired colors
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°
- In a large bowl, combine sugar cookie mix, butter, egg, flour and vanilla with a wooden spoon, until a soft dough forms.
- Divide dough into 3 (or more) pieces. Place each piece in a seperate bowl.
- Add food coloring to each bowl and stir into dough until desired color is achieved.
- Place dough in refrigerator for at least 20 minutes. Cold dough is easier to work with.
- On a floured surface, or parchment paper, drop balls of each color of dough (I used a 1 TBSP sized cookie scoop) in a random pattern. You want to form a rectangular shape.
- Gently push the dough balls together towards the center to tighten up the rectangle.
- Roll dough to approximately 1/4 inch thick. This will create the marbled pattern.
- Use a cookie cutter to cut shapes out of the dough.
- Place cutout shapes 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes, until edges are golden.
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before moving to cooling rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature.