TRICOLOUR CANDY COOKIES

Hi Friends,

Today's cookies are tricolor candy cookies. Specially loved by kids and perfect add on to any small home gathering. Hope you all would love it.

You can add any color/flavor of your choice. Hope you would enjoy this :)

INGREDIENTS:

• all purpose flour -1 1/2 cup
• powder sugar - 1/2 cup 
• butter - 100 gm + 1/2 tbsp
• mix dry fruits powder - 1/2 cup
• vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp
• orange essence - 10 drop
• melted chocolate - 2 tsp
• orange food color - as required

Note : 

• Pre heat oven for 10 mins at 170c
• butter should be at room temperature.
• You can use whole wheat flour also
• You can take orange color from carrot juice.

 METHOD:

• in a mixing bowl mix all purpose flour, sugar, dry fruit powder, butter and make a soft dough. Do not over mix.

• Divide dough in 3 equal parts. 
• Add Orange food color and orange essence in one part and mix it well.
• Add vanilla essence and melted chocolate mix in second part and mix it well.
• Leave the third part plain. 
• Take a square sized box and line it with butter paper.
• Put the orange part and fill the box evenly with it, making a layer of it.
• now put chocolate dough and make an even layer of it.

• Now put the white plain dough and make an even layer of it.
• Put it in fridge for 45 mins
• Take the dough out and out even width pieces from it. 

• cut triangles from it, you can cut in zig-zag. try to keep them of same size.
• Put it on baking tray and put it to bake for 10-15 mins.
• Take out the cookies, and let them cool.
• Cookies are ready to be enjoyed.