Rainbow Cookies

Ingredients

250 ml sugar

250 ml margarine

2 eggs

5 ml vanilla

625 ml flour

5 ml baking soda

10 ml cream of tartar

2 ml salt

Directions

1. In a large bowl. Cream together margarine and sugar. Add one egg at a time. Beat until well incorporated. Add the vanilla.
2. Sift together dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
3. Slowly stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture.
4. Divide the dough into 5 unequal amounts.
5. Mix in 2-3 drops of food colouring to each amount. You will need to use blue, green, yellow, orange and red food colouring.
6. Start by rolling the smallest ball ( blue ball) into a snake.
7. Surround the snake with the next largest ball (green) until all dough is used up. OR roll each ball into a snake place each side by side and shape into a rainbow.
8. Put in the freezer for 10 minutes or until the dough hardens.
9. Slice the cookies in half and place on an uncreased cookie sheet.
10. Bake in a 350^o F for 8-10 minutes.
11. Let sit on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then move them to a cooling rack to cool completely.