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Rainbows in la Tormenta

October 6, 2009 By Jelli 6 Comments

It’s pouring outside. As soon as the sky began to darken, I rushed to alistarme para correr. I didn’t quite make it in time,  so here I am sitting at the computer, my running shoes giving me nasty side glances when I’m not looking. Jogging will have to wait until tomorrow, or this afternoon, if I’m lucky.

Bright, cheery rainbow cookies are exactly what this day calls for. They brighten my kitchen just by sitting politely on the counter. Thank you, rainbow cookies, for making my day.

These cookies bring smiles (in between bites) and couldn’t be simpler to make. Food coloring is added to the dough, which is then rolled out into “snakes” and lightly pressed together, cut, and shaped into rainbows. It’s the perfect rainy afternoon project to share with your children. The resulting cookies are soft with a fragrant anise aroma and subtly sweet.

Rainbow Anise Cookies

1 c. sugar
1 c. butter
3 c. flour
1 t. vanilla
1 1/2 t. anise flavoring
1 t. salt
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1 egg

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and flavorings. Mix in dry ingredients until dough blends together. Divide dough into 3 equal blobs and add food coloring to achieve desired results. Keep in mind that colors darken upon baking. Refrigerate one hour.

Preheat oven to 335F. Choose the rainbow’s center color (for mine, it is blue) and roll a golf ball sized piece into a small snake. Continue with next color, working your way toward the upper color. Press snakes together and cut into desired lengths. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets shape into semi-circles. Bake 12-15 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Cool and enjoy! Be sure to notice all the smiles.

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Cookies, desserts

About Jelli

Jelli is a blogging veteran and avid baker who’s been selling sweets to feed her chocolate addiction for 8+ years. When the polka dotted apron’s hanging up, she’s a full-time mama to three kidlets enjoying the crazy days of motherhood and pumping out brownie recipes from her sunny Costa Rican kitchen.

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Comments

  1. Eliana says

    October 6, 2009 at 1:24 pm

    These rainbows will make anyone feel better in a tormenta. They are gorgeous. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I look forward to reading more of yours 🙂

    Reply
  2. thereddeer says

    October 6, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    Beautiful cookies! I thought they would be tricky to make – but if not maybe I will try them some time.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂

    Reply
  3. Leslie says

    October 6, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    Thanks for your visit to my blog!
    You have a sweet blog here!

    Reply
  4. Coleen's Recipes says

    October 7, 2009 at 1:26 am

    My grandchildren would LOVE these cookies, how cute.

    Reply
  5. Adam says

    October 7, 2009 at 5:21 am

    Cute cookies… I hope you can stay friends with your running shoes in the meantime, they need to understand that cookie time is important like jogging time 🙂

    Thanks for stopping by my blog. I’ll be back 🙂

    Reply
  6. Nicole says

    October 16, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    I love these cookies…too cute. The centers of the sunflower cookies were a chocolate crunch ice-cream topping that came in one of those shaker top bottles you find at TJ Maxx.

    Nice blog 🙂

    Reply

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