These gorgeous Rainbow Cookies are super easy to make and are so much fun! Great for St. Patrick’s Day, parties, and more!
Getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day? Try these St. Patrick’s Day Jello Cups and this Rainbow Fudge!
It’s rainbow mania! Seriously, I can’t get enough of rainbow recipes right now and I’m hoping you feel the same way 🙂 Otherwise, you’re probably like whatevs Trish. Enough with the rainbows already.
Buuut, I’m just going to assume you’re on board here…
These rainbow cookies are pretty much perfect in every way. Pretty. Fun. Easy. Showstoppers. Ya get me?
These rainbow cookies were so fun to make and even more fun to eat. They are kind of mesmerizing to look at actually. I was staring at the pics I took and was totally zoning. Had to snap myself out of it before I got sucked into Rainbow World.
Rainbows are cool all year long but especially around St. Patrick’s Day and Spring time. I mean, seriously! How can you not love rainbows??
Rainbow Cookies
You know how the other day I made the Easy Rainbow Pretzel Wands? Well, I had enough for both boys to take to school…then they came home and wanted a snack, and then I wanted a snack, and another…anyways, long story short – we only had enough left for one class so I ended up sending them to school with Bryce, much to Reece’s dismay.
I promised Reece that I would make it up to him. I told him that I had a few more cookie recipes planned and he could take either of them to school. If neither cookie was up to his standards, I would make another batch of Rainbow Wands.
These cookies totally did the trick.
So let’s talk about how easy this rainbow cookie recipe is to make. I started with refrigerated sugar cookie dough and then threw on the colored sugar. Lots of it. I was shy a few colors, so I just made my own. Easy peasy.
Roll up the dough just like you would for cinnamon rolls and then slice and bake. I gave each cookie a little smoosh with my palm to flatten it before baking and then tada! Rainbow Pinwheel Cookies!
If you’re in a jam and need a treat fast – these cookies are totally calling your name! Or maybe you just love rainbows as much as I do and these beauties are the perfect excuse you’ve been looking for 🙂 Time to get baking!
More Rainbow Treats
- Rainbow Jello Cubes
- Easy Rainbow Fudge
- Easy Rainbow Pretzel Wands
- Rainbow Sugar Cookie Bark
- St. Patrick’s Day Jello Cups
How To Make Rainbow Cookies
Rainbow Pinwheel Cookies
Ingredients
- 16.5 oz refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- 1/3 cup flour
- rainbow colored sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Knead flour and sugar cookie dough together until well combined.
- Generously sprinkle cutting board with additional flour and roll out sugar cookie dough into a rectangle approximately 14 inches x 10 inches, 1/4 inch thick.
- Sprinkle colored sugar in stripes across dough. (Refer to picture.)
- Gently roll into a log. Just like cinnamon rolls.
- Slice dough 1/2 inch thick and place on parchment lined baking sheet.
- Gently press cookies with the palm of your hand, flattening slightly.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
- Cool for 2-3 minutes on cooking sheet before transferring to cooling rack.
- Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
Nutrition
Originally published on March 6, 2014. Updated on February 20, 2018.
Irmina says
Hello.
I see you really like the rainbow. I want to show you what I did in 2013, I hope you like it too.
A greeting.
Rainbow Hojaldre
Amy @ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes says
These are so cute! Thanks for linking up at Best of the Weekend!
Lindsey Speers says
I have tried to make these twice and both times they have been extremely difficult to roll up. Do you refrigerate the dough at any point during the process? Do you have any other tips? I feel like it should be easy but the rolls just fall apart when it roll them (I do use flour the prevent them from sticking also) Thanks!
Tere says
I had the same experience! If raw sugar makes it easier, then it would have been helpful to know that!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Regular store bought colored sugar should work just fine Tere.
Sarah says
I tried twice as well. I tried the first batch with the flour added and the second batch without the flour thinking that was the issue. Couldn’t roll either. Both were a huge mess. We ended up smashing bits of dough together and calling them tie dye. So disappointed!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I don’t understand why you couldn’t roll it Sarah…was it sticking? Did you flour your cutting board adequately?
Dana says
I just tried this and am so disappointed. I let the dough sit at room temp for 10 mins so it was pliable enough to knead flour into. But when I tried to roll it it just riped into a huge messy pile of sugar that could not be saved. I’m a baking novice but feels like the dough needs to be refrigerated before rolling….at the very least before cutting. I was trying to make these for my daughters first bday and now I have nothing but a wasted pile of sugar
Amanda says
Thank you so much for posting this. I am going to make them for my daughter’s first birthday–a rainbow party, of course 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Oh how fun! Enjoy!
Holly @ Life in the Lofthouse says
How fun and gorgeous is this line-up of goodies!! I’ll definitely have to make a few with my kids 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Oh thank you Holly!!
Kristen Duke says
These are so fun!! I will be making these soon!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you Kristen!