Rainbow Cookies Recipe

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Rainbow Cookies
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
942
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 4 drops red food coloring
  • 4 drops green food coloring
  • 4 drops yellow food coloring
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar , firmly packed
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1/2 cup water

Directions:

  1. Blend together the butter with the sugar and the vanilla, creaming thoroughly.
  2. Blend in the flour gradually.
  3. Divide the dough into 4 equal parts.
  4. Into one part, add 4 drops of red food color, into a second part, add 4 drops of yellow food color and into a third part, add 4 drops of green, blending very well each color with your hands.
  5. Leave the fourth part without food color.
  6. With your hands, roll down each part of dough in very long strips of about 1/2-inch-thick, placing the strips one along the other, side-by-side on a floured table or board.
  7. With a rolling pin, roll out lengthwise at 1/8-inch thick, making a four-color strip of about 3 inches wide.
  8. Repeat until all the dough is transformed into rainbow strips.
  9. With a round-shape cookie cutter, cut cookies, trying to get a pair number of cookies if you plan to fill them (sandwich style).
  10. Place cookies on a greased baking sheet and cook 8 to 10 min in a preheated oven at 350°F Do not brown.
  11. Let cool and fill with the peanut butter filling.
  12. Peanut butter filling:
  13. Place the brown sugar and the flour in a saucepan and add the water.
  14. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly.
  15. When thick, remove from heat and add the peanut butter, then let cool.
  16. Use 1 teaspoon between each pair of cookies.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 941.66 Kcal (3943 kJ)
Calories from fat 445.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 49.54g 76%
Cholesterol 81.34mg 27%
Sodium 1471.15mg 61%
Potassium 235.43mg 5%
Total Carbs 116.86g 39%
Sugars 50.79g 203%
Dietary Fiber 7.71g 31%
Protein 11.02g 22%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Iron 4.4mg 24%
Calcium 214.9mg 21%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 425.08 Kcal (1780 kJ)
Calories from fat 201.26 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.36g 76%
Cholesterol 36.72mg 27%
Sodium 664.1mg 61%
Potassium 106.28mg 5%
Total Carbs 52.75g 39%
Sugars 22.93g 203%
Dietary Fiber 3.48g 31%
Protein 4.97g 22%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 13%
Iron 2mg 24%
Calcium 97mg 21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 22.2
    Points
  • 26
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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