Earth Day Cookies
Make these fun "Earth" cookies with your kids, aka shortbread cookies.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp milk
- blue and green food coloring
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl or kitchen mixer, beat softened butter for about a 1 minute on medium speed. Add the sugar and vanilla extract and beat for another minute until fluffy.
- Slowly add your baking powder, salt and flour into your mixing bowl on low speed. Beating until combined, about a minute. Add the milk and beat until just combined.
- Divide the dough into two equal parts in two seperate bowls. Add a few drops of blue into one of the bowls and the green into the other bowl and stir until the dough is the color you want. Form into a ball and wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- After the hour, take your dough out and work quickly as you want the dough to stay as cold as possible. Take about 1 teaspoon of each color and mix together in your hand, roll into a ball and smash each ball onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until the edges turn a slight golden brown. Allow to cool on baking sheet and then transfer to a wire rack. Shortbread cookies are best when eaten completely cooled.