Candy Corn Cookies

By Hklbrries

Your Halloween celebration wouldn't be complete without these candy-inspired cookies.

The photo on the recipe card was very cute - these cookies look like giant candy corns. Some of the cookies had narrow yellow tips, orange middles and white bottoms (with the wide bottom frosted and dipped in dark orange sugar) while others showed a narrow white tip, orange middle and yellow bottom (with the wide bottom frosted and dipped in dark yellow sugar). Very cute!!!!

Ingredients

• 1 package (18 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 1/8 tsp yellow food coloring paste
• 1 1/2 tsp grated orange zest
• 1/4 tsp orange food coloring paste
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
• Orange and yellow colored sugars

Details

Servings 2

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F. Using an electric mixer on low, beat cookie dough and flour until combined. Divide dough into 3 equal portions.

Add lemon zest and yellow food coloring to 1 portion of dough. With the mixer on low, beat until blended; set aside. Add orange zest and orange food coloring to another portion of the dough; beat until blended. Leave remaining portion plain.

Divide each dough section in half. (It's very important to keep the remaining half of dough chilled while working with the first half. This dough tends to become very sticky when left at room temperature). Roll 1 piece of each color into a 12-inch long rope. Transfer dough ropes to a lightly floured work surface, side by side and lengthwise, with the orange rope in the middle.

Place parchment paper over dough; gently roll into a 15-by-4-inch rectangle. Remove parchment paper. Using a knife, cut dough into 12 equal triangles.

Transfer triangles, 1 inch apart, to an ungreased baking sheet. Push a ruler against sides of triangles to straighten edges. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake until lightly browned, 9 to 11 minutes; let cool for 1 minute. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; cool completely.

In a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave white chocolate on HIGH until melted, about 1 minute. Dip wide end of cookies into chocolate then into colored sugar. Let stand until set.

To turn these cookies into sandwiches, place 1 heaping tablespoon of dark chocolate frosting between 2 cookies.