Birthday Cupcake Cookies

Celebrate a birthday with these colorful cupcake-inspired cookies. These cookies are not only delicious, but they also add a festive touch to any occasion.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• teaspoon salt
• Food coloring assorted colors
• Sprinkles and decorations

Instructions:

Mix the butter and sugar in a big bowl until the mixture is smooth and creamy

Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix them in well

Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a different bowl

Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ones and mix them together until they are just combined

You will need to separate the dough into pieces for each color

Add a few drops of food coloring to each piece of dough and knead them together until the color is spread out evenly

For about 30 minutes, put each color of dough in the fridge while it's wrapped in plastic wrap

Warm the oven up to 350F 175C and put parchment paper on baking sheets

To make a marbled look, take small pieces of each color of dough and gently press them together

Shape the dough into little balls and put them on the baking sheets that have been prepared

Make each ball of dough a little flatter with the palm of your hand

After the oven is hot, bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are just beginning to turn golden

As soon as you take the cookies out of the oven, cover the tops with sprinkles and other decorations

Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets before moving them to a wire rack to cool all the way