Description
Colorful tie dye cookies bring whimsical art to classic sugar cookie treats. Swirling rainbow hues create playful desserts perfect for parties and creative baking adventures you’ll remember.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 ¾ cups (660 ml) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Gel food coloring (assorted colors: red, blue, yellow, green, etc.)
- 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar
- 2 ¾ tbsps (41 ml) milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Gel food coloring (optional for a colorful drizzle)
Instructions
- Prepare Dry Ingredients: Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium mixing vessel, ensuring a uniform blend that will provide structural integrity to the cookies.
- Cream Base: Vigorously blend butter and sugar in a spacious bowl until the mixture becomes light, fluffy, and dramatically increased in volume, creating a foundational texture for the cookies.
- Incorporate Wet Components: Introduce egg and vanilla extract, mixing thoroughly to create a cohesive, smooth foundation that binds all ingredients seamlessly.
- Form Colorful Dough: Gently fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture, then divide the dough into segments, massaging gel food coloring into each portion to create a vibrant palette of cookie segments.
- Create Marbled Design: Artfully layer and intertwine colored dough fragments, delicately swirling and pressing to generate a dynamic, tie dye-inspired pattern without overworking the dough.
- Shape and Prepare: Preheat oven to 350F (175C), line baking sheets with parchment paper, then roll and shape cookies, maintaining the intricate color swirls and leaving approximately two inches between each cookie.
- Bake to Perfection: Bake for 10-12 minutes, watching carefully to achieve golden edges while preserving the cookies’ soft, delicate interior and vibrant color pattern.
- Finish and Decorate: Cool cookies completely on a wire rack, then optionally create a complementary glaze by whisking powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract, adding additional food coloring for a final decorative touch.
Notes
- Color Blending Technique: Gently mix dough colors to prevent over-mixing, which can muddle the vibrant tie-dye effect and create a dull appearance.
- Temperature Control: Chill dough segments before combining to maintain distinct color boundaries and prevent colors from bleeding excessively.
- Swirling Strategy: Use light, minimal touches when combining colored dough to preserve crisp color transitions and avoid creating a uniform color.
- Glaze Application: Apply colored glaze sparingly and strategically to enhance the tie-dye design without overwhelming the cookie’s original pattern.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 194
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 70 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg