RAINBOW COOKIES #FoodtasticFriday!

A while back I received an e-mail from Pillsbury with these lovely Rainbow Sugar Cookies-- my daughter being the lil baker was begging to make them!! They are a great  fun treat for any summer picnic!! 

They looks super cute and pretty EZ to make--off to the store to buy the cookie dough

 and away went Kayleigh in the kitchen!--

1. one or two rolls of  refrigerated cookie dough
2. box classic gel food colors
3.  1 cup of flour
4. 1/2 cup sparkling sugar or turbinado sugar

Heat oven to 350°F.

Divide dough into 5 equal parts. Tint each with a different gel food color--

 add 2 tablespoons of the flour to each to keep from becoming overly sticky-VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On work surface, place 2 pieces cooking parchment paper. Sprinkle a bit of the remaining flour onto 1 of the pieces of parchment paper. Use rolling pin to roll red dough to 8x3x1/4 inch. Transfer this dough to other piece of parchment paper. Repeat with orange, yellow, green and blue pieces of dough, placing each color on top of the other until they are all stacked in rainbow order--red, orange, yellow, green, blue. THIS PART WAS A LITTLE TRICKY!!

Use sharp knife to cut edges of dough to even out rectangle.

 Starting at long side of dough, roll up.

Sprinkle parchment paper with sparkling sugar. Roll dough gently in sugar until 

coated. Cut into 1/2-inch slices with sharp knife, then press one side of each 

round into sparkling sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet, sugar side up.

Bake 7 to 10 minutes or just until set. Cool slightly before removing to cooling 

rack.

~*~~*~~*~ALL DONE !!!!!!~~*~~*~~*~

~~the extra ends of dough  from step 4 we sort of smoosh down and they looked like tye dyed cookies-NO WASTE =^D ~~