Paintbox cookies

Name: Paintbox cookies
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 1 h 37 min
Yield: Makes about 36
Ingredients: 4 types of food colouring; 375 g (12 oz) caster sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 4 egg yolks; ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or essence; 375 g (12 oz) plain flour; 300 g (10 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 eggs

Preparation info

Makes about
36

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 40

Appears in

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

Buy a variety of different sized paintbrushes and the cookies become your canvas.

Ingredients

300 g (10 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
375 g (12

Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Preheat the oven to moderate 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Brush two baking trays with melted butter.
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and stir well. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt into the mixture and co