Mini Galaxy Shortbread Cookies
These Galaxy Shortbread Bites are a fun and colorful dessert perfect for any space-themed party or gathering. Made with a simple shortbread dough and colorful food gels, these bite-sized cookies are easy to make and visually stunning. Decorated with sugar sprinkles and candy stars, they're sure to impress your guests. Give this recipe a try for a truly out-of-this-world treat!
Servings: 120 tiny cookies
Calories: 15kcal
Equipment
- Parchment Paper
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup flour
- ¼ cup sugar granulated
- ½ cup butter 1 stick, cold and cut into chunks
- 2 tbsp water
- Rose food coloring gel
- Violet food coloring gel
- Royal Blue food coloring gel
- Black Food Coloring
- Sparkling white sugar
- Wilton Silver Stars
Instructions
- Combine flour and sugar in a bowl and mix well. Add butter and use a pastry blender to cut butter into the flour and sugar until the mixture is crumbly. Add water for dough to come together with a spoon. Remove from the bowl with your hands and knead a few times until dough is smooth.1 ¼ cup flour, ¼ cup sugar, ½ cup butter, 2 tbsp water
- Divide dough into four equal rounds. Color each round a separate color (rose, violet, black and royal blue). For the violet, I added rose color to make it more red purple vs blue purple.Rose food coloring gel, Violet food coloring gel, Royal Blue food coloring gel, Black Food Coloring
- Once all the dough is colored, divide it into four equal parts. Mix together one of each of the colors and pat together. Use a rolling pin, dusted with a little bit of flour to roll the colors together, about 1/2" thick. Don't use too much flour because it will not allow the colors to sick together or the dough to stick to itself. Roll up the dough. Gently roll the dough on a hard surface until you have a long tube about the diameter of an uncooked hot dog. Wrap in wax paper.
- Repeat until you have 4 tubes. Freeze for 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 325℉ and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Remove cookie tubes from the freezer and remove the wax paper. Slice the cookies into 1/4" pieces and dip a portion of the cookie into sugar sprinkles and place onto prepared baking sheet, keeping about 1" apart.Sparkling white sugar, Wilton Silver Stars
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the bottoms just begin to brown. Remove from oven and let stand to cool completely until ready to serve.
Notes
- Use Wilton sugar sprinkles for the best results, as they have a shinier coating and produce a more vibrant effect.
- It's recommended to use gloves when mixing the colors, as it can get messy and difficult to achieve the desired effect if you stir with a spoon.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 15kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 6mg | Sugar: 1g