rainbow cookie recipe

i think i want to try to make these! i have always been intimidated by them bc i hear they are so labor intensive. anyone want to share??

Re: rainbow cookie recipe

7 oz. almond paste
1 c. softened butter
1 c. sugar
4 eggs, separated
2 c. sifted flour
Red food color
Green food color
Yellow food color
1/2 c. seedless red raspberry jam
1/2 c. apricot preserves
1 (6 oz.) pkg. semi-sweet or milk chocolate morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease 3 (13 x 9) pans, lined with well greased waxed paper.

Break up almond paste into small pieces; add butter, sugar, and egg yolks. Mix with mixer at medium speed until well mixed. Beat in flour with a wooden spoon. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form and add to almond paste mixture; mix well.

Split batter up into 3 bowls (approximately 1 1/2 cups each). Add several drops of red to bowl #1, several drops of green to another, and yellow to the third.

Bake each pan 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Invert onto wire rack until completely cool.

On large cookie sheet or cutting board, place together: green, raspberry, yellow, apricot, and pink on top. Cover with Saran wrap. Place a heavy board or book on top and put in refrigerator over night.

Next day trim edges. Melt down chocolate morsels; spread over top. Allow to cool completely. Cut into 1/4-inch wide x 1-inch long bars. Enjoy!

Re: rainbow cookie recipe

I think they're one of those things that you have to make once. Then once you make them you say "OK, never again, I'll just goto the bakery."

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Re: rainbow cookie recipe

I don't find them too labor intensive, however I have found that the trick is to use 3 9x13 pans so that you don't have to wait for each layer to cool, remove it, wash the pan and then start over. For me that was the worst part! I have 2 of my own and borrow the third

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I line my cookie sheets with baking paper to make it easier for cleanup. To get the layers over each other easily, I use two pieces of cardboard. I hope this makes sense what I'm about to explain, lol.

So I cool the layers. Leave the first layer in the pan. Then I turn over the next layer on a piece of carboard. Pull off the paper and sprinkle sugar on top of this layer (you'll have your jelly down on the first layer already). Then put the next cardboard piece on top and flip over getting rid of the first piece of cardboard. Then slide that piece with the next layer on top wiggling it off the cardboard. The sugar helps it move without breaking your layer. Then follow up with the next later, after the jelly of course. I hope that makes sense. I learned this in school (I did a focus on culinary arts in high school).