Easy Halfway Homemade Rainbow Shaped Cookies

Ingredients and Supplies Needed

This recipe is really flexible. While I used the cookie dough from the refrigerator aisle at the store, you could also use a box mix or even a homemade recipe.

• Sugar Cookie Dough
• White Frosting
• Rainbow Colored Candies
• Cookie Sheet (I like the oversized one from Wilton best.)

Directions to Make Halfway Homemade Rainbow Shaped Cookies

Start by making ball sized cookies but roll the dough and shape into an arch like a rainbow on the cookie sheet. I love the giant sized cookie sheet from Wilton (Mega Size 15 x 21 inches) because it fits a whole batch at once. This makes sure that the cookies all bake evenly.

Bake as instructed and let cool. One the cookies are totally cool, they are ready to decorate. You can decorate on the cookie sheet or remove the rainbow shaped cookies and do it on a countertop or large cutting board. The cookies should be cooled at room temperature for at least an hour. To speed the process up, the cookies could be placed in the refrigerator for a bit of time, if your cookie sheet fits. It is best to not remove the cookies from the sheet until they are cooled.

If you are doing this activity with a group of kids, it works best to put two or three cookies on a paper plate for each kiddo. If the kids are really young, one cookie is best. To make frosting bags, fill a ziploc up and close it. Cut a corner in the bottom and let them use this to decorate the clouds and such. This keeps them organized and accountable for their own baked delights. It also makes an easy way to cover the plates with saran wrap to send the rainbow shaped cookies home.

If your cookies come out of the oven and the bottoms have joined from the dough spreading out, just gently slice the center and separate the sides while the cookies are still hot. It works best if the dough is chilled before going into the oven. The warmer the dough going in, the more likely that it will spread on the sheet during the baking process. I have found that the pouch of cookie mix works better at high altitude (in Colorado) than the refrigerator dough.

How to Frost Rainbow Shaped Cookies

Some of the frosting you can buy in the grocery store is perfect for the next step. The brand Wilton has an icing that comes in a pouch that also has tips you can buy to fit it. The four tip pack includes the following four: round, star, leaf and petal. This is what I think works best for quick baked treats that are adorable like these cookies. I like the star tip for the clouds on these cookies.

Next, add six little dollops of frosting to attach the rainbow colored candies to the cookies.

Add the candies to the dollops in rainbow order.

Aren’t they so dang adorable. There are just as yummy as they are cute.