# Gingham Sugar Cookies

Let's make some gingham sugar cookies.

- Total time: 70 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 sticks Unsalted butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
- 0.5 teaspoon Almond extract
- 2.5 cups Flour
- 0.5 teaspoon Salt
- 0.5 teaspoon Baking powder
- Food dye
- Cocoa powder

## Instructions

1. In a stand mixer, add two sticks of unsalted butter and one cup of sugar.
2. Cream the mixture.
3. Add one egg.
4. Add two teaspoons of vanilla extract.
5. Add half a teaspoon of almond extract.
6. Mix the wet ingredients.
7. In a separate bowl, mix two and a half cups of flour, half a teaspoon of salt, and half a teaspoon of baking powder.
8. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix.
9. Split the dough into three equal pieces: one to keep white, one to dye pink, and one to dye red.
10. Add a good amount of red food dye to one piece of dough until it's vibrant.
11. For a deeper red, add a touch of cocoa powder to the red dough.
12. Repeat the process for the pink dough, using less dye and no cocoa powder.
13. Wrap each colored dough piece in plastic wrap and ensure they are roughly the same size.
14. Refrigerate the dough for one hour.
15. Take the dough out of the fridge and cut each color into four strips.
16. On top of some plastic wrap, make your pattern by alternating colors and stacking them up.
17. Wrap the stacked dough tightly in plastic wrap, maintaining its rectangular shape.
18. Put the wrapped dough in the freezer for about 15 minutes.
19. Take the dough out of the freezer and cut it to reveal the pattern.
20. Slice up your cookies.
21. Place the cookies on a baking sheet.
22. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 to 10 minutes.

## Equipment

- Stand mixer
- Plastic wrap
- Baking sheet

## Tips

- To get a deeper red color, add a touch of cocoa powder.
- To achieve a vibrant color, add a good amount of food dye.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-07-31

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