Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Rainbow cookies with M&M's or Smarties

Rainbow cookies with M&M's or Smarties

Everybody has a little childishness in them still. The kind of feeling that you get when you get handed a colourful rainbow cookie with little rounds of coated chocolate dotted on its surface. When the biggest dilemna you face is whether to capture a chocolate piece in your mouth with every bite or to save the choc pieces as little treats in-between bites of the cookie (like I do)!

Rainbow cookies with M&M's or Smarties

These delightful cookies are so yummy and the recipe is foolproof! They look the picture of a fun biscuit too with its colourful appearance really warming up any plate or hand it's placed on.

M&M's or Smarties

Rainbow cookies with M&M's or Smarties

They would go very well at a children's party or in the cookie jar for a sneaky adult snack at anytime!

Rainbow cookies with M&M's or Smarties

You could use either M&M's or Smarties and can also change the colours you place on the cookies to suit the occasion. Try red for Valentine's day, green and red for Christmas, orange for Halloween... just use your imagination!

Rainbow cookies with M&M's or Smarties

Recipe:

You will need:


125g softened unsalted butter
125ml soft brown sugar
125ml castor sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg, beaten
1 and 3/4 cups self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
M&M's or Smarties

Beat together the butter and sugars till pale. Add the vanilla extract and egg and beat well together.
Then add in the flour and salt and mix well together with a spoon until a soft dough forms.
Make into small balls and flatten them slightly with your palm when placing on a baking tray.
Decorate with M&M's or Smarties on top, pressing them lightly into the cookies.
Bake for 15 minutes in a preheated oven at 180º C until golden brown.

Enjoy anytime!

10 comments:

  1. What fun cookies and your photos are gorgeous!

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  2. These cookies look absolutely delicious!!!

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  3. Thank you! These are almost as much fun to make as to eat!

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  4. Hey! Thanks for dropping by!! I'm yet to post the method for making the chocolate decorations as the tiramisu post was already too long! Will post that very soon and let you know :)

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  5. Hey! Thanks for dropping by!! I'm yet to post how I did the chocolate decorations as the tiramisu post was too long already..will post that very soon and let you know :)

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  6. Such cute cookies and I'm sure they taste great too! I love the photos on your blog, they're so beautiful. You have yourself a new follower :)

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  7. Thanks Tiffany! Hope you enjoy my future posts too!

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  8. This blog post made the Foodbuzz Top 9 today! The photographer is my very talented and knowledgeable husband. It feels fantastic!

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  9. I got a huge bag of M&M's at Costco just for baking, although half the bag's eaten...oops! I better make these before they're all gone :) Love the photos and congrats on the Top 9.

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  10. Cute cookies hun! Definitely trying this recipe on the weekend!

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