Christmas Ornament Cookies

So two days ago it was 70 degrees outside and we had the windows open. Today sadly it's 30 :(... Perfect time to post an easy christmas cookie recipe! Im sure there will be a few more to come but this recipe is fool proof and quick to make so its perfect if you are in a jam, and no one will know the dough is store bought. 

First you need the ingredients:

2 rolls of store bought sugar cookie dough

red and green food coloring

Thats it :) Obviously this recipe could be made with any homemade sugar cookie recipe but it's completely not necessary for these cookies.

First step is to take the dough out of the wrapper and cut it into thirds. Set one third of the dough aside as it will be the white part of the cookie.

Put the other two sections of the cookies in two different mixing bowls.. (my dough came straight out of the fridge, so I warmed it in the microwave for 30 seconds to make it soft).

Use the back of a wooden spoon to smash the dough together... this step is important so you don't get a marbled look when you add the food coloring. 

Next add about 10 drops of red food coloring to one portion of the dough. I used 5, mixed the dough, then added 5 more. You can add more or less depending on how dark you want it. 

Mix well until the dough is one solid color. 

Do the same for the Green....

Once the two doughs are mixed, place the white section in the bottom of a bread pan. only use half of the pan because the cookies will be too thin otherwise...

Then add the next color (in this case green)...

And lastly add the final color...

I used a spoon to flatten the edge to make all the layers the same shape 

Freeze for an hour... This works best if you use a layer of parchment paper but I forgot so it was harder to pull out of the pan when frozen.

When it's totally frozen, slice off the ends so you have a nice square shape...

Then slice into small slices about 1/4 inch thick...

Next take a slice and cut three triangles into it...

Line on a cookie sheet evenly but space them about a 1/2-1 inch apart because they do expand...

Bake in the over at 375 degrees for 7 minutes...

Pull out of the oven and Voila!

Though they don't look that appealing right now put them on a place and add a little christmas cheer with them, and these will be sure you impress whoever you serve. 

The longest part of this recipe is waiting the hour for the dough to freeze. Otherwise you can have these  done in an hour and a half. Easy as pie! enjoy.

Posted by EE