Tie-Dye Sugar Cookies
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Tie-Dye Sugar Cookies
Melissa Ben-Ishay
Sweet Recipes
If I can add color to anything, I will. Considering tie-dye cupcakes are one of our most popular flavors at Baked by Melissa, it seemed silly to not have a tie-dye cookie recipe, right? These sugar cookies are so easy and a perfect way to get kids involved in the kitchen because there’s truly no way they can get messed up. Make them for holiday hosting, cookie swaps, or just as a fun weekend activity.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- Food coloring
Directions
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip the butter and granulated sugar for 2 minutes on high speed. Add egg and vanilla extract and beat for 1 minute.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt on low. Mix until just combined.
- Split the dough into four equal balls. Add a drop or two of different colored food coloring to each ball and knead well (I like to wear gloves for this) until the color has completely blended into the dough.
- Using your fingers, break the dough into small pieces. Arrange the pieces closely on parchment paper until you run out of dough.
- Cover the dough with another piece of parchment paper and roll out with a rolling pin until the dough is about ¼” thick.
- Cut out cookies with your favorite cookie cutters and carefully place the cookies on the baking sheet.
- When you run out of cookie dough space, roll up the scraps flat again and cut out more shapes. Once you fully run out of dough, bake for 7-9 minutes, watching them closely. You don’t want the edges to get brown and too crispy.
- Let cool completely before eating.
