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Nigerian Flag Patriotic Cookies

Chichi Uguru
These Nigerian Flag Patriotic Cookies is one of the yum and fun ways to celebrate Oct 1st
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
refrigeration time 1 hour
Total Time 22 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 18 makes about 36 cookies
Calories 302kcal

Ingredients

For the plain dough

  • 1 batch of my easy cookie recipe same recipe below but without the lime gelatin

For the colored dough

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 3oz packet lime or green apple flavored gelatin
  • 1 large egg
  • 3 cups all purpose flour

Instructions

Make the cookie dough

  • Measure out the dry ingredients and set aside.
  • Using your hand mixer or stand mixer with the paddle attachment, Beat butter and sugar and lime gelatin (if using) together till light and fluffy.
  • Beat in the egg.
  • Add the dry ingredients and mix till it all comes together in a ball.

Assembling the cookie dough to create pattern

  • Divide the green dough into two
  • Divide the plain dough into two and keep the second half in the refrigerator for later use.
  • Line a loaf pan with double Saran Wrap make sure it hangs over the side it will help you pull it the dough out later
  • Shape one half of the green dough into a rectangle as close to the size of the loaf pan as possible. Then press it into the lined pan. Smoothen with your fingers. Lightly moisten the top with water or egg wash
  • Repeat process above for plain dough and then the second half of the green dough.
  • It will be in this order green-plain-green. Pls refer to process shots in the blog post.
  • Refrigerate for up to an hour till firm

Making the flag

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF
  • Using the over hanging Saran Wrap, pull out the dough from the loaf pan.
  • With a knife, Cut the dough horizontally, to have 2 equal parts then cut it vertically into thick cuts about 1/2 an inch ( to accommodate the skewers )
  • Lay the cut out cookie on the cookie sheet and gently insert the skewers.
  • Bake in the oven for 12 to 15minutes
  • Bring it out and let cool on the cookie sheet for about 5 mins then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely

Notes

  1. If you don't want to make these into little flags just bake without the skewers.
  2. Cookies can easily go from baked to burnt so I recommend using a timer. I always use my timer while I bake. Especially for cookies.
  3. You don't have to make lime cookies to get a green dough you can always use a good quality green food color to color your plain cookie dough ( I prefer using the gel food colors )
  4. If you decide to use the green food color instead of the lime gelatin, then you won't need to make 2 cookie flavors. Simply make a single batch of the plain cookie dough, divide into three equal parts. Color two parts with the green food colorant leave the third part plain. then assemble in the same order as above.
  5. The Saran Wrap is very important. Do not skip it, and Do not use parchment paper as an alternative because it will rip when you are trying to get the dough out of the loaf pan.
 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Nigerian Flag Patriotic Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 302
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.