Candy Corn Cookies

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• Yellow food coloring
• Red food coloring

1. at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Combine flour, salt, and lemon zest; gradually stir into butter mixture.
2. Divide dough into 3 equal pieces (about 1 1/4 cups each); tint 1 piece with yellow food coloring. Tint another piece orange using red and yellow food coloring. (Add 1 to 2 teaspoons flour to orange dough if food coloring makes it softer than other colors.)
3. Place white, untinted dough in bottom of a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan, pressing down. Top with orange dough and then yellow, pressing down. Cover and chill 2 hours.
4. Turn dough out onto work surface. Cut slices 3/8-inch thick from dough; cut each slice into 6 triangles. Place cookies on parchment paper-or aluminum foil-lined baking sheets. Bake at 350u0b0 for 7 to 8 minutes, or until set but not browned. Cool on wire rack 1 minute; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, allpurpose, salt, lemon zest, yellow food coloring, red food coloring

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/candy-corn-cookies (may not work)