These Purple Sugar Cookies are soft and sweet, and their fun color makes them great for parties! So festive (and fun for Easter, too)!
Please don’t adjust your screen, the color is for real.
I did not start my Saturday planning to making Purple Sugar Cookies.
Oh no. My plan was much more simple than that. I planned to make an adult-version of a Purple Cow. Do you know what that is?
Because I can totally understand how you’d be udderly confused. 🙂
You see, this weekend was the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe. And, in these parts, the Purple Cow is a staple at the fair. I don’t know their secret recipe, but it contains grape juice and milk (yes, for real), and believe it or not, it’s gorgeous in color and delicious. But mostly a favorite for the kids.
So, in honor of the launch of the fair – I thought – why not a big-boy-adult-sized version of an old classic favorite?
In comes the internet…sure enough, there were a few recipes for a Purple Cow Cocktail. Who knew? So I tried them. As it turns out – they were horrible.
Which is exactly how I got to the purple sugar cookies.
You see…I was trying to make purple colored sugar to rim the glasses of my Purple Cow Cocktail, so I could make a Crazy Mad Purple Cow Cocktail with a wicked kick. (Did you know cows can kick backward, forward and sideways? Now, that’s what I call a wicked kick.) But dang! I poured in wayyyy to much blue and not nearly enough red. The next thing I knew…I had a super–duper-dark black-blue sugar. Agh!!! So, I tried to fix it. With a ton more sugar and 8,000 gallons of red food coloring. Oh, and neon pink and neon turquoise too.
Sigh.
Until I had 3 cups worth of crazy cow kuh-luh in shu-ghar. Grrr… Which, I wasn’t willing to waste.
And now you know how I came up with the Purple Sugar Cookie.
Enjoy!
p.s. they may look funky, but they were delicious. I didn’t decorate them because I wanted to show you the color!!!
Purple Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter softened
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl on medium speed, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs (one at a time) and vanilla until thoroughly mixed. Add flour (one cup at a time), then add baking powder and salt.
- Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Roll out dough onto a floured surface, 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on parchment lined cookie sheets.
- Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.
Notes
Recipe adapted from The Best Rolled Sugar Cookie.
Consuelo @ Honey & Figs says
Food colorings are so fun to play with right?? You couldn’t imagine how many desserts I’ve ruined because of them but I still keep on using them haha I’m so dumb ;–) These cookies look amazing, the color is fantastic and I’m sure they taste delicious as well!
Kristi says
I think most of the color ended up on my fingers. Next time I need to wear gloves – I looked like a rainbow for 2 days! LOL
Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen says
Food colorings can be tricky to work with and I usually end up with most of it on my fingers too!
Kristi says
I was certainly colorful for a few days! LOL
Shashi @ http://runninsrilankan.com says
I don think you “messed up” these cookies were so meant to be!
I could eat a half dozen – bet they will ship well to GA 🙂
Kristi says
You are to kind! 🙂
Sarah says
Do you know approximately how big of a batch this recipe will make? I need to make multiple batches so just trying to plan for ingredients! Thanks! 🙂
Sarah says
I know you use the recipe to roll out, so if you were just making an average-sized circle cookie… just an approximate number! Thank you!
Kristi says
You are welcome Sarah! Good luck! I hope it works out perfectly.
Kristi says
I followed the recipe from here: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/The-Best-Rolled-Sugar-Cookies/ and it makes 5 dozen cookies. Good luck Sarah!
Kim says
I love the color! It’s really pretty! Great idea!
Kristi says
Thanks Kim! I thought they were pretty too – and who doesn’t like to eat a pretty cookie? 🙂
Bethany Magnie says
i think they look fantastic! But purple is my favorite color!
Kristi says
Purple is beautiful, and the color of royalty Bethany – so you’ve got great taste! Have a Happy Easter!
Miss Angie says
How cute is that? They look kind of like playdough cookies. Very Eastery.
Kristi says
Haha! What a great comparison Angie. I wouldn’t have thought it, but you’re right – they do look like playdough cookies!
Kimberly Bonham says
These look amazing! Yummmm!
Kristi says
Thanks Kimberly! I’m glad you like them. Purple is a fun color for cookies!
Alicia Snow says
I love adding food coloring to stuff! Haha. It makes it a lot of fun!
Kristi says
I think so too Alicia! Sometimes you’ve just gotta add color! Happy Easter!
Lauren says
those look amazing.. so cool! My daughter loves purple so I need to make these for her!
Kristi says
They’d be fun for you to do together Lauren! She may have purple fingers when she was done, but I’m sure she’d love it! 🙂
amber says
Purple is my favorite color and also my sister’s wedding color! I am definitely going to need to whip up a batch of these for us! Thank you for sharing!
Kristi says
I’m so glad you like them Amber! I love purple too – it’s so rich looking! Happy Easter!
Mirlandra @ Mirlandra's Kitchen says
I am totally in stitches! You summed up a day in the life of a kitchen so well. Thank you! I love it and now I’m in the mood for purple cookies. My sister would adore them! I can’t wait to surprise her with a batch.
Kristi says
Haha! I’m so glad you laughed Mirlandra! It was ‘one of those days’. I have more of them in the kitchen than I like to admit! Haha!
Jaime says
That’s adorable! I may try making these with my daughter.
Kristi says
Thank you Jaime! Super fun – every once in a while it’s fun to play with color. 🙂
Tammy says
I am actually madly in love with the color of these cookies. They sound great too…sugar cookies are always fun 🙂
Kristi says
Thank you Tammy! I love having fun and unique food around – it gives everyone something to talk about while they indulge. 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Becky | The Cookie Rookie says
These are SO cute! Love that you made something great out of a frustrating recipe day! Lol. Love them!
Kristi says
Thank you Becky. Sometimes you just need to turn it around in the kitchen, you know what I’m saying? 🙂 Have a Happy Easter!
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Kristi says
I’m glad you like it Caitlin! There are never to many recipes for cookies. 🙂
Missy says
This is so creative! You never seeanything purple! Thanks for sharing!
Kristi says
Thanks Missy! They were a lot of fun. I like having fun with food – and purple sugar cookies were it!