Red, White, and Blue Star Bursts

Name: Red, White, and Blue Star Bursts
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Yield: 2 to 4 dozen

Mix and match colorful shortbread stars to make these eye-catching and patriotic cookies. Split your base cookie dough into three portions and add red or blue food color to two of the portions. Roll dough and cut out 3-inch stars, then cut and remove 1-inch stars from the center of each large star. Recombine large stars with a center star of a different color.

Prep

30 minutes

Cook

10 minutes

Servings

2 to 4 dozen

Level

Easy

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) Challenge Butter
¾ cup sugar
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
red and blue food coloring

Directions

1

To make the cookie dough, start by creaming the butter. Then gradually add sugar and flour. Beat until light and fluffy.
2

Divide the dough into three equal portions. Add red food color to one portion and blue to another. Keep one portion uncolored.
3

Center each portion of dough into its own gallon-sized plastic food storage bag and roll to ⅛-inch thickness. Chill dough anywhere from 20 minutes to several days.
4

Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut dough into stars with a 3-inch star shaped cutter. Then use a 1-inch star to remove the centers from your stars. Add colored centers to plain stars and plain centers to colored stars.
5

Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes or until edges are slightly browned. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool.