Pastel-colored Jello Cookies

By RogRot

Ingredients

• 3.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1.5 cups unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4 (3 oz) boxes jello~strawberry (or other red jello) and berry (blue) jello, green, orange, whatever

Details

Adapted from lh5.ggpht.com

Preparation

Step 1

Beat butter in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Blend in egg and vanilla. Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture.
Divide dough into 4 equal portions. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of various colored jello into each portion. Knead the jello into the dough. You may want to add a few drops of food coloring to make the dough more vibrant.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll the dough balls in the extra jello from the packets. Place them 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Flatten each the with bottom of a bowl.
Bake 8-10 min. at 350 degrees on baking sheets. Cool on baking sheets for 2 min. Remove to wire racks and cool completely. ENJOY!