Ingredients: -1 ½ cups salted butter, softened -3/4 cup granulated sugar -1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract -1/8 teaspoon almond extract -3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour -Food coloring gel in blue, red, green and yellow -White sparkling sugar or sanding sugar -As...

Ingredients:

-1 ½ cups salted butter, softened

-3/4 cup granulated sugar

-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

-1/8 teaspoon almond extract

-3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour

-Food coloring gel in blue, red, green and yellow

-White sparkling sugar or sanding sugar

-Assorted sprinkles, sugar pearls, silver dragées

Directions:

• Beat butter and sugar with a heavy-duty stand mixer on medium speed until creamy; add vanilla and almond extracts and beat until incorporated. Gradually add flour, and beat on low speed until incorporated after each addition
• Divide dough into 4 equal portions and place each portion in a small bowl. Add desired amount of food coloring gel to each bowl and stir with a fork until food coloring is incorporated. Cover bowls and chill 1 hour
• Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. Shape 1 dough portion into about 12 (1 1/2-inch) balls and roll in sparkling sugar or sanding sugar. Press sprinkles, sugar pearls, or silver dragées into dough balls. Place decorated balls about 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough portions
• Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned on bottom, 25 to 30 minutes, switching pans top rack to bottom rack halfway through baking. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove cookies to wire racks and cool completely, about 30 minutes