Rainbow Sugar Cookies

My daughter Bay has been after me to make these cookies for 

about a year.  Yesterday we decided to enjoy a rare Saturday at 

home and try it out.  I'm glad we did because we had so much fun 

making them!

You really need at least 6 colors of sugar to make it look like a 

rainbow.  I admit I could only find 4 colors our local market so I 

sent my husband on an errand to Cherry's Sugar Art Bakery to 

see what other colors they had.  Success!  He came home with pink 

and purple!  

Rainbow Sugar Cookies

Adapted from Food.com

(printable copy)

2 cups butter, softened

2 1/2 cups sugar

3 egg yolks

1 large egg

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

5 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

6 (2.25 oz) sugar crystals, asst. colors

In a standing mixer, beat butter and sugar on high until light and 
fluffy, about 3 minutes.  

Add egg yolks, egg, vanilla, and salt, and beat well to combine.

With mixer on low gradually beat in flour.  

Divide dough into 6 equal pieces on 6 different pieces of saran wrap.  

Using saran wrap roll each piece into a log and chill for 20 minutes.  

Working with 1 roll at a time, roll in 1 color of sugar crystals and 
re-wrap in saran wrap.

Continue until all are rolled in a different color of sugar and wrapped.

Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Cut logs into 1/4 inch slices, and place on 
a greased cookie sheet about 1/2 inch apart.  

Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until golden.  Repeat with remaining logs. 

Makes about 12 dozen cookies.

To download a copy of this recipe click here.

Using saran wrap is a must!  It really keeps your hands 

clean and makes rolling the dough into logs very easy as Bay 

demonstrates.  

This recipe makes a lot of cookies!  With Ty and his girlfriend 

Cassie home from college, Tan with his best friend Matt spending t

he night and little Bay, I had a house full of kids!    They all descended 

on these cookies with a vengeance.  There were only a few left this 

morning when I woke up.

I used my Dr. Pepper crate to display my cookies.  It turned out 

so cute that Bay wants me to make another batch to take to her 

school in March for her birthday.  I think the kids will love 'em!

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