Rainbow Cookies

Ingredients:                                        

250 mL of margarine
250 mL of sugar
2 eggs
5 mL of vanilla
625 mL of flour
5 mL baking soda
10 mL of cream of tartar
2 mL of salt

*Preheat oven to 350 F
1. In a large bowl, cream together margarine and sugar. Add one egg at a time. Beat until well incorporated. Add the vanilla.
2. Sift together dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
3. Slowly stir the flour  mixture into the creamed mixture.
4. Divide the dough into 5 unequal amounts as listed smallest to biggest.
      - Blue
      - Green
      - Yellow
      - Orange  
      - Red
5. Mix 2-3 drops of food colouring to each amount.
6. Start by rolling the smallest ball into a snake. Surround the snake with the next largest ball until all the dough is used up. OR roll each ball into a snake, place each side by side and shape into a rainbow.
7. Put in freezer for 10 minutes or until the dough hardens.
8. slice the cookies in half anf place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
9.Bake for 8-10 minutes
10. Let sit on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then move them to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Looking Back:

This recipe was lots of fun! I had lots of fun making this but a word of caution. When you're making the snake with the first roll of dough, make it quite small and thick because it will stretch as you handle it. other wise it's lots of fun to make!