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Inside Out Sugar Cookie Recipe

Special supplies needed - parchment paper and hand or stand mixer

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of butter - softened 2 sticks
  • 1 1/2 cups of sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 - 2 1/4 cups of flour
  • more sugar to roll cookies in
  • food coloring red, green, yellow, blue, purple

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees - yields 2-3 dozen cookies.
  2. In a large bowl cream together butter and sugar.
  3. Add in egg and mix until incorporated.
  4. Stir in baking powder, salt, vanilla and flour one cup at a time.
  5. Separate dough into 5 bowls and add food coloring to each bowl - stir to mix.
  6. Use a rolling pin to roll each color dough between two sheets of parchment paper. Layer the dough and then roll into a log shape.
  7. Refrigerate dough for 15-20 minutes or until it can be sliced without loosing shape.
  8. Slice dough into 1/2 inch slices and coat each side in sugar.
  9. Line cookies on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake for 9 minutes.
  10. Remove cookies to a cooling rack and enjoy!