My Mother In Law is currently in a rehabilitation hospital after having had a stroke. Unfortunately, this hospital is close to two hours away. Our schedules don't allow for visiting during the week, so we decided to make some fun cookies for the Father In Law to take on one of his visits with her.
Originally, this recipe called for the cookies to be "pops" with lollipop sticks. I decided against those for this round of cookie making.
Playdough Cookies
~ adapted from Amanda's Cookin'
3/4 cup butter, softened
3 ounces cream cheese, softened1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
assorted colors of paste food coloring
In a bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until smooth.
In a medium bowl, combine flours, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir until a soft dough forms. Divide dough according to however many colors you plan to use (we did three colors). Tint each with a different food color, kneading each ball of dough until color is mixed in. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350. Shape dough into 3/4 inch balls and for each cookie, smoosh three different colored balls together to make one large ball. Roll it just enough to form a rough ball (you want to keep your colors from blending!!!), then shape into a 12 inch long roll (like a snake). These will puff up and out in the oven, so do not make them overly large. I used a little flour on my hands and on a mat to quickly roll them into the snake form.
Starting at one end, coil roll to make a 2 3/4 inch round cookie. Place cookies three inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet.
Bake cookies for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool and store in an airtight container.
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