Fourth of July Sugar Cookies
These Fourth of July Sugar Cookies are fun, festive and delicious. Bursting with patriotic spirit, these homemade sugar cookies are star shaped and colored with Red, White and Blue! Perfect for Memorial Day or 4th of July!
Servings 14 cookies
Calories 183kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 stick butter softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups a/p flour + extra for rolling
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp red gel food coloring
- ¼ tsp blue gel food coloring
- Star-shaped cookie cutter
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter. Add egg and vanilla, mix thoroughly.
- Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix until cookie dough forms.
- Divide cookie dough into 3 parts.
- Color one part blue and another part red. Knead each one to ensure they’re completely tinted.
- Cover each cookie dough color in its own plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour.
- Remove cookie dough from fridge and let sit for about 5 minutes.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Break off all cookie dough colors into small spheres, about 2 inches in size.
- Press the different color cookie dough spheres together, alternating colors.
- Sprinkle a rolling pin with flour. As well, add some flour on a clean working surface.
- Roll out cookie dough until it’s about ½ an inch thick.
- Cut out 12-14 star-shaped cookies and place about an inch apart on lined cookie sheet.
- To re-roll dough, be sure to piece the cut-up dough together (rather than re-shaping it into a ball and rolling) because this will keep all the colors in-tact.
- Bake for 6-7 minutes.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack - serve and enjoy!
Notes
If you want to add some more patriotic flair to these cookies, you could certainly add some red, white or blue sprinkles or glitter to them. Or, once cooled, you could trace the outline of the cookies with some white frosting!
Nutrition
Calories: 183kcal