I’ve been wanting to make these cookies for some time now but haven’t felt super motivated to do it. I’m trying to cut down on the number of baked goods we have in the house because if there are too much they don’t get eaten and I don’t want so much food to go to waste. I also don’t want to have too many sweets laying around that make us feel like we need to eat them before they go bad. Healthier fruits are the way go to for snacking so I don’t want to make too much temptation. Still, I was feeling motivated on Sunday and decided to make Rick Martinez’s Tie-Dye Butter Cookies.
Rick is super cute in his video and like most people, I grew up liking tie-dye. My mom is a huge fan and gets excited when she sees tie-dye things that are super colorful. What a better way to spend Mother’s Day. I didn’t end up going home but it was really nice to think about her while I was making them and I'm excited to show her photos of it then next time I see her.
The recipe for the tie-dye cookies are super simple and I liked how quickly the dough came together. I still haven’t gotten cookie cutters so I ended up using an egg mold to cut the cookies our and that worked out fine. They’re a little large but they didn’t spread in the oven and ended up being the perfect thickness and they just melt in your mouth.
The glaze was also super simple and the recipe says to split it and make two colors but Ii actually did 1 batch of just white and i split the other half into red and then blue. Honestly, I was a little worried they would be kind of patriotic accidentally but figured if they mixed together they would be a really nice purple which did happen.
I tried to scoop a spoonful of white glaze onto all the cookies then drizzles spoonfuls of the red and blue on top and kind of swirled them around just like in those paint pour videos that were so popular not that long ago. I should’ve done them in batches because the glaze hardened a little on the last few before I could get to them and swirl them. It was messy but I had a really nice time with it. I do love the unexpected nature of tie-dye and paint pours and I love the way these cookies came out.
These remind me of the hard glazed cookies from the grocery store that I loved so much growing up that I have such a hard time finding now. Everyone uses frosting now that is too much and I’m happier with a glazed icing like this. These are going on my baking list and I’m going to be making them a lot more for gatherings in the future. A huge party pleaser for sure.