Sunday, March 29, 2009

{edible!!} Play-dough Cookies

Came across these on a baking community and thought they'd be fun. Pops was gone for the weekend so we decided these would keep us entertained.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter, softened
3 ounces cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
assorted colors of paste food coloring (You can also use the liquid..)


Process:

In a bowl cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until smooth.
In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir till soft dough forms.





Divide dough into fourths.




Tint each with a different food color. (I said we're going to color the dough, she comes back with her basket of crayons!!)



Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours.





Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Working with half of each color, shape dough into 3/4 inch balls and for each cookie place 1 ball of each color together to make 1 large ball.







Shape into a 12 inch long roll (like a snake), starting at one end, coil roll to make a 2 3/4 inch round cookie. Place cookies 3 inches apart on lightly greased (or parchment lined, as I used) baking sheet.





Bake cookies for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool and store in an airtight container.



Even the insides look awesome!


Then there's the overachievers who aren't completely satisfied with plain spirals...





Changes I would make: Probally throw in some lemon or lime zest. They were extremely bland in my opinion. They look great though so I suppose that makes up for it.