Candy Corn Cookies

Submitted by DarkLove

"Plan ahead, needs to chill Get a head start on these buttery cookies by shaping and chilling the homemade dough ahead of time. When your are ready just slice and bake the tricolor treats."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 12mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 5 dozen

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups butter, softened (no substitutes)
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• yellow food coloring paste
• orange paste food coloring (if you can't find the paste you can use the liquid type but don't use too much. you don't want to ad)

directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
2. Beat in vanilla.
3. Combine flour, baking.soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
4. Divide dough in half.
5. Tint one portion yellow.
6. Divide remaining dough into two-third and one-third.
7. portions.
8. Color the larger portion orange; leave smaller portion white.
9. Shape each portion of dough into two 8-inch logs.
10. Flatten top and push sides in at a slight angle.
11. Place orange logs on yellow logs; push the sides in at a.
12. slight angle.
13. Top with white logs; form a rounded top.
14. Wrap in plastic wrap.
15. Chill for 4 hours or until firm.
16. Unwrap and cut into 1/4 inch slices.
17. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
18. Bake at 350 F degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until set.
19. Remove to wire racks to cool.