Tie Dye Kool Aid Cookies Recipes

TIE-DYE COOKIES

Steps:

• To heat the flour, place it in a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30 second increments, stirring after each, until an instant read thermometer stuck into a few different spots of the flour reaches 180 degrees F. Let cool.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together 3 cups of the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, cream cheese and granulated sugar until fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the applesauce and mix until combined. Mix in the vanilla and almond extracts. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Divide the dough among 3 bowls and add food coloring, keeping the colors separate. Wearing disposable gloves, knead in the color by hand, or stir it in with a spatula, until homogenous. If you don't have gloves, you can use a zip-top plastic bag.
• You can play with and bake the dough now (dust with a little more flour if it gets sticky) or you can put it in an airtight container and refrigerate for an hour or overnight to play with and bake later.
• Roll each batch of dough into a log about 2 1/2 feet long and 1 inch wide. Line up the three logs of dough and cut each into 6 equal portions. Twist one portion of each of the colored doughs together and roll into a ball to create the desired tie-dye pattern. Roll in sanding sugar, place on the prepared baking sheet and gently press down using your hand. Repeat with the remaining dough, placing the finished cookies an inch apart. Bake until very lightly browned on the bottom but still gooey on the inside, about 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool slightly and enjoy!

TIE-DYE HALLOWEEN SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Beat the sugar and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and egg. Turn the mixer to low, add the flour mixture and mix until completely incorporated.
• Remove the dough from the mixer and divide into 4 equal pieces. Add 1 piece back into the mixer. Turn the mixer to low speed and color the dough with the purple gel food coloring, about 4 drops, until completely incorporated. Wipe the bowl and the paddle clean and repeat with the remaining 3 pieces, coloring one neon green, one black and one orange.
• Starting with the purple dough, tear half of it into teaspoon-size pieces and scatter them on top of a piece of parchment. Repeat with the remaining colors, tearing half of each color into teaspoon-size pieces and filling in all the spaces so that you have an oval shape with barely any of the parchment showing underneath. Top with another piece of parchment and use a rolling pin to roll the colors together until it is one big piece of dough about 1/4 inch thick. Repeat with the remaining dough. Refrigerate both parchment-covered pieces of dough until chilled, about 1 hour.
• Position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Remove the top piece of parchment from one piece of dough and cut out circles with a 2-inch circle cookie cutter. Place on one of the prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Repeat with the other piece of dough and baking sheet. Bake until the edges are just starting to turn golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Spread a small amount of frosting onto the edge of the cookies and roll them in the orange and black sanding sugar until completely coated.

KOOL-AID COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar.
• Add egg yolks and beat well.
• Sift all dry ingredients together and add them, along with the milk, to the creamed mixture.
• After dough is mixed, divide in half.
• Roll out on wax paper, sprinkle with Kool Aid (one flavor on one half, one on the other.) Put half the dough on top of the other half.
• Roll up in a roll and refrigerate at least two hours, or freeze and slice when needed.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

KOOL AID TIE DYED T-SHIRTS

Steps:

• You'll need small plastic bowls, plastic gloves, rubber bands, and T-shirts.
• Mix 1 package Kool-Aid for each color you want and 1 ounce of vinegar in individual plastic bowls.
• Mix until Kool-Aid is dissolved.
• Using rubber bands, pull and twist T-shirt into different shapes.
• Dip rubber-banded ends in bowls (make sure you wear gloves or your hands will stain).
• To set colors, iron on medium-high using an ironing cloth between shirt and iron.
• Let set for 24 hours before washing.

TIE-DYE COOKIES

Steps:

• Divide the frosting evenly among three medium bowls. Add 1 shade of food coloring to each and stir to make three different colors of frosting.
• Transfer each frosting to a piping or resealable plastic bag with one corner snipped. Starting along the outside edge of a cookie, pipe concentric circles of frosting, alternating colors for each circle, until the surface is covered. Drag a skewer from the center of the cookie outward to make lines through the frosting, making sure to clean the tip of the skewer between drags. Continue to drag lines through the circles until a star shape is formed. Repeat the process on each cookie.