Making this tasty three color cookie recipe can be a fun way to teach young children about different colors. You could make cookies using the primary colors or show children how to mix those colors to create some of their other favorites.

Let your child help you make the dough, or if you’re dealing with a large group of children, at least let them help you color it so they can see the color mixing process. Children love to cook! Letting them bake with you is also a great opportunity to teach them about ingredients, measurements, and cooking terms. As you let them help you roll the dough balls and flatten the cookies, you can teach them about size comparison and textures.

THREE COLOR COOKIES

Prep Time:  20 min.         Bake Time:  10 min.        Yield: 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter                           
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 Tbs. milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 ½ – 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• food coloring

Instructions:

1. Cream together butter, sugar, eggs, milk, and vanilla. 
2. Add flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. (Start with 1 ½ cup flour, adding ½ cup more as necessary, so that dough is stiff enough to handle without being sticky.) Mix well. 
3. Divide equally into three bowls. Color dough in each bowl with food coloring to make 3 different colors of dough. 
4. Roll dough into small penny-size balls. Put three colors together, and smash with your palm. 
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 min. Makes 3 dozen.

Click the link below to purchase our play-centered Colors Preschool Lesson Plan available on Teachers Pay Teachers.