Candy Corn Cookies

Total Time: 4 hrs 12 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened (no substitutes)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• yellow food coloring paste
• orange paste food coloring (if you can't find the paste you can use the liquid type but don't use too much. you don't want to ad)

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• 2 beat in vanilla.
• 3 combine flour, baking.soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
• 4 divide dough in half.
• 5 tint one portion yellow.
• 6 divide remaining dough into two-third and one-third.
• 7 portions.
• 8 color the larger portion orange; leave smaller portion .
• 9 shape each portion of dough into two 8-inch logs.
• 10 flatten top and push sides in at a slight angle.
• 11 place orange logs on yellow logs; push the sides in at a.
• 12 slight angle.
• 13 top with logs; form a rounded top.
• 14 wrap in plastic wrap.
• 15 chill for 4 hours or until firm.
• 16 unwrap and cut into 1/4 inch slices.
• 17 place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• 18 bake at 350 f degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until set.
• 19 remove to wire racks to cool.