Anyway, it
was kind of for her birthday since that’s in 2 weeks, so I made her something
special. Last year I made her an epic Rainbow Cake, so this year I thought I’d
make her rainbow cookies! They took a while but were totally worth it. I
personally think they look smashing!
I took some
into work and since I work in a small town with a bunch of men who are stereotypically
Australian, they did not appreciate my hard work. Most wouldn’t even eat them
because they thought they looked too ‘out there’. I had a few comments about
going to kindergarten, with one colleague saying they looked like crayons.
Sigh. Fairly sure if I wanted to please these guys it would be with vanilla ice-cream
and chocolate topping and not fancy baked goods and intricate desserts. You should make them though because I’m sure you have far more appreciation for colourful, fun baking.
Rainbow Cookies
3/4 cup caster sugar
350g butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups plain flour
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1 egg blended for
egg wash
5 or 6 different
colour food dyes (I use Wilton gels which have always produce vibrant
colours)
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Place sugar, butter, egg and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Mix at low speed until just combined.
Add flour
and mix until the dough is smooth.
Divide the
dough into six equal portions. You can weigh to be exact if you’re a tad OCD
like me.
Dye each of
the individual portions with the different colours to make a red, orange, yellow,
green, blue and purple dough. Prepare to use a good amount of dye to get a
bright colour. During baking the dough
will darken just slightly.
Flatten
each colour between parchment paper and refrigerate about an hour until the
dough is firm enough to work with.
Working one
colour at a time, keeping the other colours in the fridge, roll out the hard
dough into a long strip about 30cm wide and 3/4cm thick.
Brush the
egg wash over the top of the first layer.Repeat with the other colours. Be sure to add egg wash between each layer or they’ll fall apart in the oven.
Once the block is assembled refrigerate it for
another 30 minutes to let it harden again.
Slice
segments to make cookies
Lay each
cookie on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake each sheet for 12 to
15 minutes until the cookies are slightly firm to the touch.
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