Candy Corn Cookies

I found these cookies on a blog the other day. I thought the girls would have fun making them with me. Who doesn't like to use food coloring and make snakes out of dough?

Ingredients:

1 package (18 oz.) of sugar cookie dough -- or you could use your favorite recipe

1/2 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon lemon extract -- or 1 teaspoon lemon zest

1/2 teaspoon orange extract -- or 1 1/2 teaspoons orange zest

yellow and red or orange food coloring

1/2 cup white chocolate chips or white almond bark, chopped

coarse decorating sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using an electric mixer on low, beat cookie dough and flour until combined. Divide dough into three equal portions.

2. Add lemon extract and yellow food coloring to one portion of the dough. With the mixer on low, beat until blended; set aside. Add orange extract and red and yellow or orange food coloring to another portion of the dough; beat until blended. Leave the remaining portion plain.

3. Divide each dough section in half. Roll 1 piece of each color into a 12-inch long rope. Transfer dough ropes to a lightly floured surface, side by side, with the orange rope in the middle.

4. Place parchment paper or wax paper over dough; gently roll into a 15 x 4 inch rectangle. Remove parchment paper. Using a knife, cut dough into 12 equal triangles.

5. Transfer triangles to an ungreased baking sheet, about 1 inch apart. Push a ruler against side of triangles to straighten edges. Bake until lightly browned, 9 - 11 minutes; let cool on cookie sheet.

6. In a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave white chocolate until melted, about 1 minute. Stir. Dip wide end of cookies into chocolate then into decorating sugar. Let stand until set.