Confetti Cookies Food

WHITE CHOCOLATE CONFETTI CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder in a medium bowl. In a stand mixer or large bowl using a hand mixer, cream the butter for 1 minute. Add the sugar and cream for an additional 3 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and egg. Gradually beat in the dry ingredients until uniform, then add enough of the half-and-half (about 2 tablespoons) to moisten the dough and make it soft (but not wet). Fold in the sprinkles and 2/3 cup of the white chocolate chips.
• Roll rounded teaspoons of dough into 24 balls and put on the prepared baking sheets. Chill the remaining dough in the refrigerator. Dip your fingertips into the remaining half-and-half and use them to slightly flatten the top of each cookie.
• Bake until the cookies are set on top and light golden brown around the edges, about 15 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Allow the baking sheets to cool, then line them with new parchment and repeat the forming and baking process with the remaining dough.
• Once the cookies are all baked and cooled, put the remaining 1 cup white chocolate chips in a small heatsafe bowl and microwave on high, stirring halfway through, until just melted, about 1 minute. Use a spoon to drizzle the chocolate over the cookies. Allow the chocolate to set before serving, about 30 minutes. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.

FUNFETTI COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375.
• In large bowl, combine cake mix, oil and eggs; stir by hand until thoroughly moistened.
• Stir in decorator sprinkles from the cake mix.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Flatten to 1/4 inch thickness with bottom of glass dipped in flour.
• Bake at 375 for 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
• Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
• Spread frosting over slightly warm cookies.
• Immediately sprinkle each with decorator sprinkles from frosting.
• Store in tightly covered container.

FUNFETTI COOKIES FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix together with a whisk the flour, salt and baking soda.
• Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and egg.
• Add flour mixture and beat until smooth. Blend in milk. Mix in sprinkles until evenly distributed.
• Drop by teaspoon about 3 inches apart onto greased baking sheets. Flatten with bottom of glass that has been dipped in sugar.
• Bake for about 8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on rack.

CONFETTI CAKE BATTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter, eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat in cake mix. Refrigerate, covered, 2 hours or until firm enough to roll. , Preheat oven to 350°. On a well-floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until set. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Decorate as desired. Freeze option: Transfer dough to a resealable plastic freezer bag; freeze. To use, thaw dough in refrigerator until soft enough to roll. Prepare and bake cookies as directed; decorate as desired.

STAR CONFETTI COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Mix the vanilla and egg with a fork in a small bowl.
• Beat the butter, granulated sugar and confectioners' sugar together in the bowl of a stand mixer on low speed until the butter has picked up the sugars, about 30 seconds. (If using a hand mixer, beat about 2 minutes.) Increase the speed to medium and beat until slightly creamy, stopping halfway to scrape the bowl, about 1 minute (about 3 minutes with a hand mixer).
• Reduce the speed to low, slowly add in the egg mixture and beat until combined. Add the flour mixture a heaping cup at a time in 2 additions, stopping a few times to scrape the bowl and beaters. (If using a hand mixer, increase the speed as the dough gets thicker to keep the beaters spinning.) Once all the flour is just incorporated, add the confetti stars, increase the speed to medium (higher with a hand mixer) and beat until the dough is very smooth, about 2 minutes (about 5 minutes with a hand mixer).
• Turn the dough out of the bowl and bring it together. Divide the dough into 2 even pieces, each about 11 ounces. Shape each piece into a 6-inch square and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate the dough for at least 3 hours or overnight.
• Position the oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Take the dough pieces out of the refrigerator and let soften until just pliable but still cool and firm, about 15 minutes.
• Dust a piece of parchment with flour. Working quickly, dust one square of the dough with flour and roll it to about 1/4 inch thick. Lift the dough occasionally by sliding a metal spatula or bench scraper underneath to make sure it isn't sticking to the parchment. Cut out 3 1/2-inch star cookies as close together as possible. Cut out the centers of the stars with a 1 1/2-inch cutter. If the dough becomes too soft to cut out, place it in the freezer for 5 minutes to firm back up. Transfer the large and small stars to separate prepared baking sheets, large on one and small on the other, leaving 1 inch between them all. Gather together the scraps and repeat with the remaining dough. When the remaining dough is too small for the large cutter, just cut out small stars. Sprinkle more confetti stars over the top of the cookies and gently press down so they stick. Freeze the cookies on the baking sheets while you repeat with the second dough piece. Freeze the cookies about 10 minutes before baking.
• Bake, rotating the baking sheets from front to back and top to bottom halfway through, until the cookies are light golden brown around the edges and slightly firm when gently pressed, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheets on a cooling rack, about 30 minutes.

FUNFETTI COOKIES FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla and almond extracts. Fold in flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt until well combined. Fold in sprinkles until evenly distributed.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

CONFETTI COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat your oven to 180c , 350 f , gas mark 4 before you start.
• Put the butter and sugar into a large bowl. Beat them with a wooden spoon until they look creamy , then add the egg yolk and beat it in.
• Stir in the honey , vanilla essence and milk. Sift the flour and cornflour into the bowl , then start to mix everything with a spoon.
• Then , use your hands to squeeze the mixture until you make a ball of dough. If the mixture is a little dry , add a drop of milk.
• Sprinkle a work surface with flour , then roll out the dough until it is about 5mm (1/4in) thick. Use the cutters to cut out shapes.
• Put the shapes onto the baking trays. Then squeeze the scraps into a ball , roll them out again and cut out more shapes.
• Bake the shapes for six to eight minutes , then carefully lift them out of the oven. Leave them to cool on the baking trays.
• To make icing , sift the icing into a bowl and mix in the water. Then , spoon half of the icing into another bowl.
• Cover one bowl with plastic food wrap to stop it drying out. Then , mix two drops of food colouring into the other bowl.
• Spread half of the cookies with white icing. Then , spread the others with the other colour icing and leave the icing to set.