Red, White & Blue Sugar Cookie Recipe

This red, white & blue sugar cookie recipe is perfect for those patriotic holidays we all love over the summer.

Long weekends are usually celebrated with all kinds of outdoor parties. I like to make a few dishes from this huge list of picnic recipes, and we usually spend at least one evening making something from this list of recipes for the grill.

And, of course, you have to have dessert! These cookies are so pretty, and they are super easy to make. You’ll be so dang proud of yourself when you put these on the dessert table!

I love bringing the patriotic sugar cookies to parties, too. People think I bought them! They are so festive and the kids, as well as adults, will love the flavor of this dessert.

What You Need to Make these Cookies

For the cookies, you will need flour, baking soda, salt, unsalted butter, granulated sugar, and 1 egg.

The Wilton Comfort Grip Heart Cutter is perfect for cutting the hearts and is less than $5.

To ice these cookies, you’ll need to make the icing from egg whites, powdered sugar, cream of tartar, vanilla, and red, blue, and black gel food coloring. This gel food coloring kit has all the colors you’ll need and more to use another time.

You will also need piping tips, and I love this kit from Wilton as it has a case so you don’t end up having to search for your tips within a plethora of baking supplies! (Guilty!)

How to Make Patriotic Sugar Cookies

Cream the soft butter with the sugar in a mixing bowl until the combination is smooth, not grainy to the touch.

Add eggs. Continue to mix.

Add the vanilla. Continue mixing.

Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together.

Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.

Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.

Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.

Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and set it out to soften up a bit.

Put flour out on the cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin.

Roll the dough out on the cutting board.

Use the cookie cutter to begin to make your cookies.

Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Using a metal spatula move the cut cookies to the parchment-lined cookie sheet.

Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes. Check to see if the cookies are thoroughly baked.

Take the cookies off of the cookie sheet and put them on a wire rack to cool completely, for about 10 minutes.

Icing Directions

Combine all ingredients except food coloring in a mixing bowl, mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes.

If icing is not stiff enough, add 1/4 C powdered sugar.

Divide the icing into 4 equal bowls.

The first bowl of icing remains white.

To the second bowl of icing, add several drops of red gel food coloring. Stir to mix.

In the third bowl, add several drops of blue into the icing and mix.

In the fourth bowl, add a few drops of black into the icing and mix until a light black color appears.

Spoon each color of icing into individual frosting bags with a #2 tip. Twist the open end of the bag to push the icing to the tip.

Squeeze the majority of the icing into a bowl, adding 1 tsp of water and stirring to mix.

Using the black icing, pipe out the outline on the hearts.

Next, pipe out the lines of the flag and let dry for 10 minutes.

Fill in the red stripes for the flag. Let dry 10 minutes.

Fill in the white stripes. Let dry for 10 minutes.

Fill the square part with the thin blue icing. Let dry for 10 minutes.

Using the white pastry bag, carefully add some white polka dots. You could also try adding candy stars, but be sure the cookies are completely dry before adding them.

Let dry for 4 hours before enjoying!

Looking for more patriotic recipes? Check out these Patriotic S’mores Brownies or this roundup of lots of patriotic desserts!