I Tested Rick's Tie-Dye Butter Cookies: Bon Appétit Review #50

Today I’m testing Rick Martinez’s recipe for tie-dye butter cookies developed from the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen. These cutout cookies are super tender and buttery. Their taste and texture is somewhere between a shortbread cookie and a sugar cookie. Melt-in-your-mouth tenderness with the perfect amount of sweetness. The tie-dye icing technique is fun to do and allows for lots of creativity. I used plant-based powdered food coloring, but this technique would absolutely work with conventional liquid-gel food coloring.

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INGREDIENTS

Cookies
14 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature
½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
1¼ tsp. kosher salt
2 large egg yolks
2 tsp. vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
2 cups (256 g) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting

Glaze
2 cups (240 g) powdered sugar, divided
6 Tbsp. (or more) whole milk, divided
2 tsp. (or more) any color plant-based food-coloring powder
2 tsp. (or more) second color plant-based food-coloring powder
¼ tsp. kosher salt, divided

Tags: #HolidayBaking #RickMartinez #BonAppetit

[GeoffreyAlan]

What are your holiday baking plans? Let me know in the comments below! If you liked this video, be sure to give me a big 👍 and click subscribe 🔔

[aigoochamnaa]

How do you not have more subscribers? Your content is awesome!

[extrovertedthinker]

I actually made these and took them to work. I didn't like the cookies at all, but people I work with loved them. For me though, it just made me have a craving for shortbread.

[gogolala]

I definitely appreciate that you put effort into your videos unlike some other youtubers who think it’s quirky to waste

[evah]

Love that you showed your fav technique! Can’t wait to try making these this weekend

[dashrubberbear]

Thanks for the measurements in grams 🦄💜

[suebell]

An interesting effect and easy to do! I’ve never really tradionally decorated cookies because of the amount of work involved. I’m going to try these.

[samanthathrone]

Bravo! Are you looking to test out Rick's Alfajores? I am thinking of doing those this year but would love to see you do them first :)

[nidhavellir]

You nailed the technique by the end. Would you consider doing the grapefruit bars in the current edition? They sound great.

[suzanneaupperle]

Hi Geoffrey. New to your channel. I'm going to make cut out sugar cookies. My first time ever. My question is ... do you prefer this cookie recipe or your grandma's cream cheese cookie recipe? Thanks in advance.