Valentines Day Checkerboard Cookies {with video}
Perfect for valentines day baking, try these Valentines Day Checkerboard Cookies!
Ingredients
- 2¼ cup Flour (280g)
- ½ tsp Baking powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ¾ cup Unsalted butter room temperature (170g)
- ¾ cup Granulated sugar (150g)
- 1 Large egg
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- Natural Food Colouring
Instructions
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, add all of your wet and dry ingredients.
- Mix on low until combined. The dough may be a bit soft. If the dough seems too soft and sticky for rolling, add 1 tbsp of flour.
- Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Place one half in the mixer bowl and mix in the natural food colouring until fully incorporated.
- Lightly dust one of the rolled-out doughs with flour. Place a piece of parchment on top. (This prevents sticking.) Place the 2nd rolled-out dough on top. Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil, then refrigerate for at least 1-2 hours and up to 2 days.
- Form each dough into a squared off log, slice your strips of dough roughly 1cm in width. Lay 1 piece of normal dough, one piece of pink, and another piece of normal on a flat surface next to each other. Continue to lay the strips with alternating colours. Repeat this once more, so you have a square log. Press the dough strips together tightly, keeping the square shape.
- Arrange cookies on baking sheets 3 inches apart. Bake for 11-12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.