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Candy Land Cookies
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Candy Land Cookies

These Candy Cookies are so cute and perfect for parties. Perfectly decadent cookies with Candyland decorations on top, these cookies are going to be a hit with everyone, children and adults alike. Make these cookies for any special occasion and watch them disappear
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Chill Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Candy Cookies
Servings: 40 Cookies
Author: Jill

Ingredients

  • 2 Sticks of Butter - softened
  • 1 cup of Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon of Vanilla
  • 1 Egg
  • Aqua Food Coloring Gel
  • 3 cups of Flour
  • 1 Tablespoon of Baking Powder

FOR THE FROSTING:

  • 4 Tablespoons of butter - softened
  • 4 ounces of Cream Cheese - softened
  • 4 cups of Powdered Sugar
  • Neon Green Food Coloring Gel
  • Pink Food Coloring Gel
  • Yellow Food Coloring Gel
  • Purple Food Coloring Gel
  • 1 small bag of Candy-land decorations

Instructions

  • In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, using the whisk attachment, add the Butter, Sugar, Vanilla, Egg, and 2 - 3 drops of Aqua food coloring gel, and blend until light and fluffy.  In a separate bowl, add the Flour, and Baking Powder, and stir well to blend.  Add the flour a little at a time and mix on low to blend, until all the flour is added.  Remove the Whisk attachment, and use the paddle.  Continue to blend the Cookie dough until it's completely blended and a smooth ball starts to form.  Scrape down the mixing bowl as needed.
  • Line two cookie sheets with Parchment paper, and roll the cookie dough into small balls, about 1 inch balls, and place the balls on the Parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes, or just until the cookies start to turn a light golden brown around the edges.  About halfway through baking the cookies, check the oven, and the cookies may have started to crack a little.  Take a flat bottom glass, dip it in Sugar before lightly applying it to each cookie - smash the cookies very gently, and slightly, making them a little flatter, and spread out a little more.  This will give the cookies a crinkle look.
  • When the cookies are done, remove them from the oven to a wire rack to cool completely.  While cookies are cooling, make the Frosting.

Frosting:

  • In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, add the softened Butter, and Cream Cheese, and blend to combine. Add the Powdered sugar a little at a time, blending after each addition, until the frosting is smooth and fluffy. Divide the Frosting evenly into Four bowls.   In one bowl, add two drops of the Neon Green Food Coloring Gel, and stir to blend well.  If the Frosting thinned a bit add a Tablespoon of Powdered Sugar and stir to blend.
  • In the other bowl, add a few drops of the Neon Pink Food Coloring Gel, and stir to blend.  If the Frosting thinned a little, add a Tablespoon of Powdered Sugar, and stir well to blend.
  • Next Bowl, add the Yellow Food Coloring Gel, and stir well to blend, adding more powdered sugar if needed.
  • In the last Bowl, add the Purple Food Coloring Gel, stir well to blend, and add more powdered sugar as needed to thicken.
  • Using Plastic wrap (Glad wrap) tear off a piece about 12 inches wide, and place the Frosting length-wise in the middle of the plastic wrap; it will look like Four long ribbons of Frosting.   Then, roll the plastic wrap around the Frosting, making sure to keep it long, or length-wise like a long ribbon.  SEE PHOTO -  Snip the end off of the Plastic wrap, on one end only, and place it in a Pastry bag with the large Star Tip.  Pipe the frosting onto the cookies, using a swirl, and bring it up to a point. Place the Candy-land decorations on the top of each cookie.  Allow the Frosting to set or firm up a bit, about 30 minutes.   Serve, and Enjoy!