Tiny Rainbow Cookies

Ingredients 

• 2 cups butter
• 3 cups refined flour
• ¾ cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 3 cups refined flour + for dusting 
• 1 cup rice flour
• 1½ teaspoons red food colour
• 1½ teaspoons yellow food colour
• 1½ teaspoons green food colour
• 1½ teaspoons orange food colour

Method

1. Take butter in a large bowl, add sugar and mix well. Beat the mixture using an electric beater till the mixture turns light and fluffy.
2. Add vanilla essence and beat the mixture again for a few seconds. Sift the refined flour and rice flour. Fold till a dough is formed.
3. Divide the dough into 5 equal portions. Keep one dough portion aside and knead other dough portions with individual food colours respectively.
4. Place each coloured dough between two parchment sheets roll into semi-thick sheets and freeze for 15-20 minutes.
5. Preheat the oven to 180˚C.
   Dust tiny cookie cutters with refined flour cut out small cookies from each dough sheet and place them on a baking tray.
6. Place the baking tray in the preheated oven and bake for 5-7 minutes. Take the baking tray out of the oven and allow to cool slightly.
   Store the cookies in an air-tight container or serve as required.