Rainbow Cookies

14 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces almond paste (not marzipan)
  • 1 12 cups unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  • 1 cup superfine sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (bleached or unbleached)
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 2 -4 drops yellow food coloring paste
  • 2 -4 drops red food coloring paste
  • 2 -4 drops green food coloring paste
  • 12 ounces seedless raspberry jam
  • 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 5 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons shortening (not butter flavored)

Directions

  1. 1
    ["Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.", "In a large bowl beat together the butter, eggs, almond extract.", "Add the almond paste broken up into smaller pieces and blend until creamy.", "Fold in the flour and salt.", "Split the dough evenly into three smaller bowls.", "Combine 2-4 drops of yellow paste into the first bowl; repeating with the red and green paste for the second and third bowls.", "(Note: I like the \"no taste\"" red best though Christmas red might be a better color option.)""

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