Colorful Flower Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tbs. light corn syrup
• 1 tbs. vanilla extract
• Food coloring of choice
• German Flower Cookie Cutters
• Bright Sugar Daisies
• Royal Icing (for affixing daisies)

Instructions:

1. In a medium-size bowl, mix the flour and salt. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar, stir in the egg, then the corn syrup and vanilla extract. One third at a time, add the flour mixture until thoroughly mixed.
2. Divide the dough into portions and use a toothpick to add food coloring to each one. Knead until the color is evenly distributed. For a flavor surprise, omit the vanilla extract and add 1 teaspoon of lemon extract to the yellow dough, mint extract to the green dough, and strawberry extract to the red dough.
3. Pat the dough into two disks, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours, or until firm enough to roll. If it is too firm, soften at room temperature for 5 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Roll one disk of dough between two pieces of parchment paper to 1/4 inch thick. Remove the top sheet and cut out several flower shapes with your cookie cutters.
5. Using a metal spatula, transfer the shapes to baking sheets, about 1 inch apart. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies start to brown lightly around the edges. Remove the baking sheet to a wire rack and cool for 5 minutes.
6. Using a metal spatula, transfer the cookies to racks and cool completely before frosting and decorating. Makes 12 to 50 cookies, depending on their size.
7. Once cooled, attach one sugar daisy to the center of each cookie.
8. Store in an airtight container. *Also try decorating with sparkling sugar, quins, luster dust, or edible glitter!