The cutest craft-slash-baking project you ever did see: painted sugar cookies! Keep reading for the details.
It's 50 percent craft, 50 percent baking project and 100 percent delightful. Whip up a batch of dough and egg yolk-based cookie paint and watch your littles make mini masterpieces. This is the perfect snacktivity for a winter crafternoon!
Ingredients for Painted Sugar Cookies
Dough
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Paint
1 egg yolk
a few drops food colouring
Directions for Painted Sugar Cookies
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and light; add egg and vanilla and beat for 1 min, until smooth and well blended.
- In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the sugar mixture and stir by hand, or beat on low speed just until you have a soft dough. Shape the dough into a disc, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 min.
- When you’re ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°F. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out about 1/8-inch thick. Cut cookies into shapes (flowers, hearts, circles, wreaths, etc.) and place an inch apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- In a small dish, add a few drops of food colouring to an egg yolk and mix with a fork until well-blended. Use a new paintbrush to paint the unbaked cookies with the “paint.” (Repeat with another yolk and different colours of food colouring for more of a palette.)
- Bake for 12-14 min, until the cookies are pale golden around the edges and the paint is dry and glossy. Using a thin spatula, transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Makes 2-3 dozen cookies.
