Pastel Marbled Hearts
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 1 Land O Lakes Egg
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Pink paste food color
- Purple paste food color
- Green paste food color
- Edible glitter or large grain sugar, if desired
- Combine sugar and butter in bowl.
- Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
- Add egg and orange juice; continue beating until well mixed.
- Add flour and baking powder; beat at low speed until well mixed.
- Divide dough into fourths.
- Knead pink food color into 1 portion.
- Knead purple food color into second portion.
- Knead green food color into third portion.
- Flatten each fourth into disk shape.
- Wrap in plastic food wrap.
- Refrigerate 2 hours or overnight until firm.
- Heat oven to 375F.
- Use one-half of each dough disk (keeping remaining dough refrigerated); alternately place spoonfuls of doughs onto lightly floured surface to create marbled effect.
- Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Cut with 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Sprinkle with edible glitter, if desired.
- Bake 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Cool completely.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
sugar, butter, egg, orange juice, allpurpose, baking powder, color, purple, green paste food color, glitter
Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/678/pastel-marbled-hearts (may not work)