Sparkling Candy Corn Cookies
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 12 cups granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 12 teaspoon baking soda
- orange paste food coloring
- yellow food coloring paste
- Line bottom and sides of a 9x5 inch loaf pan with waxed paper or plastic wrap.
- Set aside.
- Combine butter and 1 cup granulated sugar in a large bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy.
- Add egg, orange juice,orange zest and salt.
- Combine, beating until well mixed.
- Reduce speed to low; add flour and baking soda.
- Beat until well mixed.
- Divide dough into thirds.
- Press one third of white dough evenly onto bottom of prepared pan.
- Place another one third of dough back into same bowl.
- Add small amount of orange food color; mix until color is well blended.
- Press orange dough evenly over white dough in pan.
- In another bowl, place remaining one third of dough.
- Add small amount of yellow food color; mix until color is well blended.
- Press yellow dough over orange dough in pan.
- Cover with plastic food wrap; refrigerate until firm (at least 2 hours or overnight).
- Place remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar in large bowl; set aside.
- To bake cookies, invert loaf pan to remove dough.
- Peel off waxed paper.
- Place layered dough onto cuttingsurface.
- Cut loaf crosswise into 1/4 inch slices using sharp knife, trimming edges to make even.
- Cut each slice into 5 or 6 wedges.
- Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven 7 to 10 minutes or until edges are firm and bottoms are very lightly browned.
- Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
- Immediately place warm cookies in bowl with sugar, roll in sugar to coat.
- Place cookies onto cooling rack.
- Cool completely.
- Store in loosely covered container.
butter, sugar, egg, orange juice, orange zest, salt, allpurpose, baking soda, orange paste food coloring, yellow food coloring paste
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sparkling-candy-corn-cookies-441393 (may not work)