VIDEO: Using food coloring in baking
Food coloring is great for baking. Color the cookie dough as you like and please your children with colorful biscuits. That's how it tastes Pastries just as good again.
Color the cookie dough with food coloring
- For the dough first mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Then make a well in the middle and put the butter and the Eggs into it. Now use the dough hook of the hand mixer to make a smooth dough. You can do it even more thoroughly with your hands.
- Divide the dough into three parts and knead a different food coloring of your choice into each serving. The more food coloring you use, the more intense the coloring will be.
- The finished dough is now refrigerated for about 1-2 hours.
- After cooling, roll out the dough as thinly as possible and do not cut out circles that are too small.
- The biscuits are now placed in the oven at 180 ° C for baking. After 12-15 minutes they will be ready.
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Tips for baking with food coloring
- Liquid food coloring usually gives the dough a delicate shade. If you want really intense colors, there is a powder available in every good supermarket that gives the food a strong color.
- Of course, you can also use natural ingredients to color the dough. Well suited for this is z. B. Beetroot or cherry juice.
- Food coloring is tasteless. It is therefore not necessary to add more sugar or other ingredients.
This recipe for baking colorful cookies is also great at Christmas time. Here you can conjure up a touch of Advent in your baked goods with Christmas spices and flavors. Bon Appetit!
