SWIRLED RED, WHITE & BLUE COOKIE BARS

Patriotic Cookie Bars made with swirled red, white & blue icing making them perfectly festive! Easy sugar cookie bar recipe for 4th of July & Memorial Day.

We’re a week away from 4th of July and I really wanted to make a simple, patriotic dessert for my family. These cute Patriotic Sugar Cookie Bars fit the bill! I made them the night before and let them sit overnight so that the icing would be set. Easy patriotic treat that everyone loved- you’ve got to make them!

Ingredients for Red, White & Blue Cookie Bars

Here’s what you’ll need to make this cookie bar recipe:

— granulated sugar & powdered sugar

— butter

–1 egg

–vanilla extract & almond extract

–sour cream

–salt

–baking soda

–all purpose flour

—milk

—corn syrup

–red and blue food coloring

How to make Sugar Cookie Bars

Making sugar cookie bars is so easy! Essentially, you’ll just make the cookie dough, then press it into a pan and bake!

First you’ll want to preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.

Cream together sugar and butter.  Add egg, sour cream and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda and salt to butter mixture, beat until smooth.

Transfer dough to a 9×13 pan or quarter bakers sheet that’s been sprayed with non-stick spray. Spread dough to edges and gently flatten until it’s mostly even.

Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting.

How to Swirl Frosting for Sugar Cookie Bars

These cookie bars have 2 layers of frosting that swirl to achieve the red, white and blue look.

Vanilla Icing

Whisk vanilla icing together and spread the thin layer over the cookies. This gives the royal icing a smoother surface and makes it easier to marbleize the icing.

Red and Blue Icing

Whisk royal icing ingredients together until smooth. Separate roughly 3 TBSP worth of icing each into 2 small bowls. Add a few drops of red coloring to one of the bowls and blue to the other. (I use the Wilton Color Right bottles and they’re amazing!) Stir until color is even. Transfer blue and red icing to separate baggies.

Swirl the colors

Pour white icing onto the cookie bars and quickly spread over the entire surface, until smooth and even. Cut the corners of each of the baggies holding red and blue icing. Pipe red and blue lines of icing down the length of the cookie bars. Take a thin knife and swirl icing in even motions. Don’t over-swirl or you’ll start to see purple sections forming!

Let cookie bars cool and set for several hours before cutting. Cut Patriotic Cookie Bars into squares and enjoy!

Looking for more patriotic recipes like these Patriotic Cookie Bars? Try these:

• Red, White & Blueberry Jello Salad
• Patriotic Italian Cream Sodas
• Patriotic Red Velvet Trifle
• Red, White & Blue Swirl Cupcakes
• Patriotic Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars

PATRIOTIC COOKIE BARS

Patriotic Cookie Bars made with swirled red, white & blue icing making them perfectly festive! Easy sugar cookie recipe for 4th of July & Memorial Day! 

5 from 4 votes

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Course: Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookie bars

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 28

Calories: 166kcal

Author: Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

Cookie Bars

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 cups flour

Vanilla Icing Layer

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 TBSP softened butter
• 2 TBSP milk

Red & Blue Icing Layer

• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 5 TBSP milk
• 2 TBSP corn syrup
• 1 tsp almond extract
• red and blue food coloring I use the Wilton Color Right bottles and they're amazing!

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cream together sugar and butter.  Add egg, sour cream and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda and salt to butter mixture, beat until smooth.  
• Transfer dough to a 9x13 pan or quarter bakers sheet that's been sprayed with non-stick spray. Spread dough to edges and gently flatten until it's mostly even. 
• Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting. 
• Whisk vanilla icing together and spread the thin layer over the cookies. This gives the royal icing a smoother surface and makes it easier to marbleize the icing. 
• Whisk royal icing ingredients together until smooth. Separate roughly 3 TBSP worth of icing each into 2 small bowls. Add a few drops of red coloring to one of the bowls and blue to the other. Stir until color is even. Transfer blue and red icing to separate baggies. 
• Pour white icing onto the cookie bars and quickly spread over the entire surface, until smooth and even. Cut the corners of each of the baggies holding red and blue icing. Pipe red and blue lines of icing down the length of the cookie bars. Take a thin knife and swirl icing in even motions. Don't over-swirl or you'll start to see purple sections forming! 
• Let cookie bars cool and set for several hours before cutting. Cut into squares and enjoy!

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Nutrition

Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 21mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 145IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.5mg

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