Patriotic Cookie Pops

Ingredients

• 17.5 oz sugar cookie mix 
• 2  eggs 
• 1 cup butter softened
• 0.5 cup flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon purple gel food coloring red
• 1 teaspoon purple gel food coloring blue
• 2 teaspoons purple gel food coloring white
• 26  you will also need: parchment paper 

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• plastic wrap
• lollipop sticks

Directions

1. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, eggs, butter and flour until dough forms. Divide dough into thirds. Tint one-third of dough with red food color, kneading until completely blended. Repeat with another one-third of dough and blue food color. Tint remaining one-third of dough with white food color. Wrap each portion of dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate 2 hours.
2. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray.
3. Roll each color of dough into 26 (3/4-inch) balls. Shape each ball into 12-inch rope.
4. Place 1 each of red, blue and white ropes together. Starting at 1 end, coil ropes to make 2 3/4-inch round cookie.
5. Place 3 inches apart on cookie sheets. Insert 1 lollipop stick into bottom of each cookie.
6. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly golden. Cool 5 minutes; remove to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.