Since I am quarantined this July 4th and I love baking, I wanted to bake something patriotic. I decided why not bake one of my favorite cookies RAINBOW COOKIES in patriotic colors!

The recipe was very tasty and easy to make.

Here is the recipe I used. Let me know your cookies come out!

Ingredients

• 8 ounces almond paste

• 1 cup butter (2 sticks), softened

• 1 cup white sugar

• 4 eggs separated

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 25 drops red food coloring

• 25 drops blue food coloring

• 1/2 cup seedless red raspberry jam

• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees. Line 3 9x13 inch baking pans with parchment paper.

2. In a large bowl, break apart almond paste and mix with butter, sugar and egg yolks. When mixture is fluffy and smooth, mix in flour to form the mixture.

3. In a small bowl, beat egg whites to form small peaks and fold into mixture.

4. Divide mixture into 3 equal portions, mix red food coloring into 1 bowl & blue food coloring into another.

5. Pour each bowl into a separate baking pan and place in oven for 10-12 minutes and cool after baking.

6. Once cooled, place bottom layer (blue) on a large piece of plastic wrap. Spread a layer of raspberry jam on top of the blue layer and place white layer on top, sandwiching the jelly. Repeat and spread raspberry jam on top of white layer and red layer on top of white and blue layer.

7. Wrap and cover cakes with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator with weight (heavy pans, plates or cutting board) on top. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.

8. Remove plastic wrap from the cake after refrigeration and spread a layer of chocolate on top of the cookies and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until chocolate is cooled.

9. Once chocolate is set, remove from refrigerator, cut into small 1/2 inch pieces & serve!