Colorful Cookie Pops

 

1

cup sugar

1

cup butter or margarine, softened

1/2

teaspoon vanilla

1

egg

2 2/3

cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

About 6 drops red food color

About 6 drops green food color

About 18 flat wooden sticks with rounded ends

Betty Crocker® candy sprinkles or colored sugars, if desired

• 1 Heat oven to 375°F. Mix sugar, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl with spoon until smooth. Stir in flour. Divide dough in half. Stir red food color into one half of dough; stir green food color into other half of dough.
• 2 Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls, using some of each color of dough for each ball. Place balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Insert wooden stick into side of each ball. Press bottom of glass onto dough to grease, then dip into sugar; press on balls until 1/4-inch thick. Press candy sprinkles into dough or sprinkle with colored sugars.
• 3 Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until slightly firm and edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.