How to Color Wafers
The sweet flavor of vanilla wafers is used in a variety of ways, from lining baking dishes for creating a sweet pie crust to sandwiching ice cream between them. The cookies are generally a dull tan color which belies their intense flavoring. To make the cookies more fun, the cookies can be colored before baking to create a rainbow of edible treats. A few extra simple steps, which can easily be done as an activity for children, turns a delicious treat into a colorful one. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Parchment paper
- Baking sheet
- Scissors
- Vanilla wafer cookie recipe
- Spatula
- 4 to 5 small bowls
- Food coloring, several different colors
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to the temperature required in the recipe.
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Measure out the parchment paper to a size that fits the baking sheet. Cut it to that size. Line the baking sheet with the paper.
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Mix the ingredients according to the recipe, combining them thoroughly. Divide the dough evenly between four to five bowls, depending on the amount of different colors you desire.
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Drop in two to five drops of one color of food coloring in a bowl -- the more drops you have, the richer the color will be. Repeat this with different colors in the other bowls.
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Mix each bowl thoroughly to incorporate the color completely.
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Spoon the dough on to the prepared baking sheet, 1 tsp. each or according to the recipe, ensuring there is space left between each cookie.
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Bake them for the alloted amount of time. Remove them and allow to cool completely before eating.
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Tips & Warnings
Take two different cookies, place 1 to 2 tbsp. of ice cream between them and press them together to make a colorful ice cream sandwich.
Keep in mind that as the cookies bake, the dough and coloring lightens.
Be careful not to add more than a few drops of food coloring, as it can alter the ratio of ingredients to one another by adding more.
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