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- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons cotton candy flavoring
- Pink food coloring
- Blue food coloring
- Powdered sugar or flour for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add egg and cotton candy flavoring to the butter mixture and mix well.
- Combine dry and wet ingredients until the dough is crumbly.
- Divide dough in half; knead pink food coloring into one half and blue into the other.
- Roll out each colored dough to ¼ inch thickness.
- Layer the rolled dough on top of each other and roll tightly into a log.
- Slice the log into ¼ inch cookies and place on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes until edges are lightly golden and cool on a rack.
Notes
Ensure butter is at room temperature for easy mixing.
Avoid overbaking for a chewy center.
Adjust flavoring amount to taste.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 6
- Sodium: 50
- Fat: 6
- Saturated Fat: 4
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 15
- Fiber: 0.5
- Protein: 1
- Cholesterol: 20