Kool-Aid Sugar Cookies

By Shannon

Make fun and colorful cookies with this Kool-Aid cookie recipe. Letting the dough rest overnight in the refrigerator for perfect cookies.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 stick unsalted butter or margarine, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup presweetened Kool-Aid, your favorite flavor
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Preparation

Step 1

Cream shortening, butter, sugar, and Kool-Aid together with a mixer. Add eggs, combine well.

In a separate bowl, sift together remaining ingredients and add carefully to sugar mixture. Mix well. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Roll dough carefully to ¼ inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters. Bake at 375° for 7-10 minutes on an ungreased cookie sheet. Cool on a wire rack.