Giant Candy Corn Cookies
Cute and easy cookies which look like huge pieces of candy corn. A great way to make decorated cookies for fall, halloween or thanksgiving with minimal hassle. No re-rolling of dough and no icing! Would be great for the kids to help with. I am posting this recipe as it appeared in the october 1999 issue of parents; however, any stiff sugar cookie dough suitable for rolling could be substituted for the box mix, egg, water and butter and then colored and shaped. I made these for my son's preschool class with mean chef's recipe #76294 dough, which required an extra teaspoon of cocoa for the brown dough. I rolled the dough into super long ropes and cut it all at once. I also made really large cookies, about 5 or 6 inches, and baked at 350 for 11 minutes. Remember when the cookies bake, the color of dough will lighten up a bit, so use plenty of food coloring.
Steps
Prepare cookie dough according to package directions for rolled cookies.
Divide dough into thirds.
Tint one third yellow and one third orange with food coloring.
Tint remaining third brown by mixing in cocoa and 2 drops red food coloring.
Chill dough until firm , about 1 hour.
To make cookies , pull off about 1 / 4 of each color dough and roll into a 1 / 2-inch thick rope.
On a sheet of waxed paper , lay ropes horizontally next to each other , with orange in the middle.
Cover with another sheet of waxed paper.
Roll ropes out until dough is 3-inches wide.
Remove top sheet of waxed paper.
Trim edges.
Cut into triangles.
Arrange cookies 1-inch apart on greased baking sheets.
Bake at 375 for 6-7 minutes , or until edges just begin to turn golden.
Cool 1 minute on sheets.
Transfer to wire racks and cool completely.
Repeat with remaining dough.
Ingredients
sugar cookie mix, egg, water, butter, red food coloring, yellow food coloring, cocoa