Sparkling Candy Corn Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• orange paste food coloring
• yellow food coloring paste

Recipe

• 1 line bottom and sides of a 9x5 inch loaf pan with waxed paper or plastic wrap. set aside.
• 2 combine butter and 1 cup granulated sugar in a large bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy.
• 3 add egg, orange juice,orange zest and salt.
• 4 combine, beating until well mixed.
• 5 reduce speed to low; add flour and baking soda. beat until well mixed.
• 6 divide dough into thirds.
• 7 press one third of dough evenly onto bottom of prepared pan.
• 8 place another one third of dough back into same bowl. add small amount of orange food color; mix until color is well blended. press orange dough evenly over dough in pan.
• 9 in another bowl, place remaining one third of dough. add small amount of yellow food color; mix until color is well blended. press yellow dough over orange dough in pan.
• 10 cover with plastic food wrap; refrigerate until firm (at least 2 hours or overnight).
• 11 place remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar in large bowl; set aside.
• 12 to bake cookies, invert loaf pan to remove dough. peel off waxed paper.
• 13 place layered dough onto cuttingsurface. cut loaf crosswise into 1/4 inch slices using sharp knife, trimming edges to make even.
• 14 cut each slice into 5 or 6 wedges. place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• 15 bake in a preheated 375 degree oven 7 to 10 minutes or until edges are firm and bottoms are very lightly browned. cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
• 16 immediately place warm cookies in bowl with sugar, roll in sugar to coat.
• 17 place cookies onto cooling rack. cool completely.
• 18 store in loosely covered container.