Step-by-step recipe tutorial on how to make American Flag Icebox Cookies.Recipe makes about 25-30 cookies.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Chilling2 hourshrs25 minutesmins
Course: Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: american flag cookies, american flag icebox cookies, american flag sugar cookies, icebox cookies
Servings: 25
Author: Hani B.
Ingredients
AMERICAN FLAG COOKIES
Cookie Dough
2sticksroom temperature unsalted butter (226grams)
3/4-1cupcupgranulated sugar, (150-200grams)
1egglarge egg
1-2tspVanilla Extract
3cupsall-purpose flour (430 grams)
1/4tspSalt
Instructions
AMERICAN FLAG COOKIES
Sugar Cookie Dough
On medium-high speed cream butter (2 sticks, 226grams) and sugar (3/4 cup to 1 cup, 150 grams to 200grams) for 3 minutes. Beat in one whole egg and 1 to 2 teaspoons of Vanilla Extract. Beat for a minute. Scrape down the bowl a few times.
Sift flour and salt into a bowl.
Gradually in 3 additions beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Beat on medium-low speed. Beat until thick moist crumbs are formed. Gather dough together and shape it into a disk.
Divide Cookie Dough
Divide freshly made cookie dough into 4 equal parts. Take one part and set it aside. Press the remaining 3 parts together to form a disk and cut it in half.
Color Cookie Dough
Color the smallest piece of cookie dough with a blue gel food coloring. And one of the larger pieces with gel food color. You should have blue, red and uncolored pieces of cookie dough.
Shape American Flag Cookie Log
Roll white and red cookie dough into an 8x8-inch square. Chill. Brush white dough with some water. Layer red dough onto the white. Divide the 8x8-inch white/red cookie square into strips: two strips of 2.5-inch, and two strips of 1.5-inch.Layer one 2.5-inch strip on top of the second 2.5-inch strip. Then layer both 1.5-inch strips of red/white dough onto the 2.5-inch log, aligning the left edges. Cover and chill for 15 minutes.Shape blue dough into an 8-inch log. Roll it out 1/2 inch thick, to a little over 2 inches wide. Cut it in half lengthwise and stack to form a log of 1-inch by 1-inch by 8-inch. Trim the sides with a knife to form this log size. Chill for 10 minutes.Layer blue log into a cavity on red/white log. Cover well and freeze for 1-2 hours.For detailed instructions refer to the blog post with a step-by-step tutorial.
Bake Cookies
Slice cookie to 1/4 inch thick. Bake in the preheated oven at 375F (190C) for 10 minutes. Cool and store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.