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Monday, October 4, 2010

Candy Corn Sugar Cookies

When I made these cookies, all my husband would say is that I'm obsessed. Who can blame me? These turned out pretty darn cute if I do say so myself!
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It is really easy to make these and they are such a fun variation of traditional sugar cookies. They're so cute you don't have to ice them...or you could in a continued candy corn theme.

Mix up a batch of sugar cookies. Separate your dough into 3 bowls. One bowl with about half of your dough. With the other half, take about a third and put that into another bowl, and the rest into your last bowl.

Using food coloring, make your largest bowl of dough yellow, the second largest orange, and leave the smallest bowl white. Mix, mush and smash until you have a uniform color.
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Divide each of your colors in half. Take one half of your yellow dough and roll it into a snake. Flatten the top and bottom of it and lay it on wax paper.

Roll half of your orange into a snake the same length as your yellow, flatten the top and bottom a bit and lay that on top of your yellow snake.
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Do the same with half of your white dough, but shape into a triangle and lay on top of your orange.
I had a request to explain the white layer better...hopefully this makes more sense... The above picture is just to show the general shape of your candy corn log (the log is lying on it's side, already chilled). Roll half of your white dough into a log the same length as your orange/yellow log and flatten the sides into a triangle. Put that on top of the orange layer.

Wrap up your tricolored snake with the wax paper and run your hands along the sides to flatten/smooth it out until your snake is more of a long triangle.
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Do the same with your other half and allow to chill in the fridge for 2 hours.

Unwrap your logs and either using floss by wrapping it around the log and pulling it across each other, or a knife, cut your dough into 1/4 inch wide slices. DSCN4051
Lay on your cookie sheet and cook for 8-12 minutes.
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Wish like crazy you had a window in your oven...pull out and allow to cool on the sheet for 1 minute.
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Remove to a cooling rack and devour as soon as they are cool enough to handle. Enjoy!
DSCN4057I absolutely love C's new cheese smile :)

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21 comments:

  1. These are super cute, and seem simple enough that even I could pull them off. Can't wait to try them!

    And your little guy is so adorable. Love his smile!

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  2. very cute, we might try these today!

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  3. You're right, absolutely awesome looking!!!

    www.makingmemorieswithyourkids.blogspot.com

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  4. Hi, I stopped by from It's so Very Cheri. I love this idea, I am going to try them, a great variation on sugar cookies.
    http://www.mycreativecertainty.com/

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  5. those look so cute. I am sure they taste good too.

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  6. What a great idea! I love anything candy corn!

    I'm visiting from Making the World Cuter. Have a great week!

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  7. I love these. I have been wanting to try some. Maybe I should sign up to be cookie mom at the Halloween parties. :)

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  8. These cookies are adorable!! Thanks for the blog love at Wingledings! I'm definitely a follower of yours now, you have awesome ideas! I can't wait to try those cookies!

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  9. These are sooo cute. I have seen them before but didnt try them as I didn't think they would be as easy as you make them appear. Everyone would be crazy for these.

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  10. I saw your link on Balancing Beauty and Bedlam :) These are way cute. I might have to attempt them :)

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  11. OMG those are wonderful! I am totally making these--came over from Santa's GS!

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  12. Hi there! I am your newest follower from the Wednesday link up. Lovely blog:) You can find me at www.bouffeebambini.blogspot.com

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  13. Hi- I'm here from Beauty and Bedlam and love these cookies. I'm not sure about how to do the white section (like a triangle) on top of the log? Do you have a photo of it with the white on top? Or maybe as I actually make them, it will seem easier to understand?

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  14. These are so cool! What a neat idea! I'm definitely going to be trying this.

    www.gwennypenny.com

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  15. These are my new "signature" seasonal cookie! LOVE them for fall parties or quick treats to send with a dinner to friends. I can make them well in advance and bake up enough when i need them.

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  16. (Candy Corn Sugar Cookies) These cookies are so neat looking. I am going to make some of them for my two brothers for our big spooky movie weekend coming up in October.

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