Rainbow Sugar Cookie Recipe

These colorful rainbow sugar cookies are a fun and easy recipe for grown up and kids alike.

Make them for a holiday treat or on a random Wednesday, the process is fun and the results are delicious.


Every now and then the kids commandeer the kitchen to bake.

I'm totally fine with it as long as they clean up after themselves.

And make enough to share with momma!

For Easter, they decided to make rainbow sugar cookies. My daughter had seen similar cookies in a magazine and thought it would be fun to try.

As a former kindergarten and first grade teacher, I was all in.

We didn't have any prepackaged cookie dough, which is the easiest way to make them.

Instead, they used a very basic sugar cookie recipe they learned in their middle school home economics class.

Directions:

Once whipped up, they divided the batter into four containers.

Then dyed each a different color.


It was kind of like coloring eggs...'tis the crafty DIY Easter holiday season.

Once the batter was colored they grabbed small pieces of each hue and rolled them together.


Now, I was only half paying attention when they told me what they were planning to bake.

I heard something about sugar cookies, but when I saw the colors and the molding going on, I really thought they were working with Play Doh.

The colors were that bright and they were rolling and shaping and sculpting.


C'mon. Tell me that doesn't look like Play Doh.

Another reason to love this colorful cookie recipe. So fun.


To make them more interesting, the kids rolled a bunch of different colors together.


When they were done playing, I mean baking, they rolled some of the dough in sprinkles and popped all of the cookies on the baking sheet.

They baked them for about 8-12 minutes at 350 degrees.


They were certainly colorful when they emerged from the oven.

They smelled like sugar cookies and I'm probably a really bad mother for not tasting their creations, but they still really looked like Play Doh.

And I just couldn't eat one.

Of course, my husband had no problem with the taste test. In fact, he tasted my portion, too.


I'd like to end my story by saying that they'll be a lovely addition to our Easter table, but sadly, they're already gone.

We've had a houseful of guests this week and apparently, no one else has an aversion to eating Play Doh.

😉

Do you?

How about you...do you color cookies or do you color eggs?