Light Saber Cookies + May the Fourth be With You Free Printable for Star Wars Day!

Light Saber Colors

I'm confident any true Star Wars fan knows which color light sabers each character uses, but I didn't (because I'm the black sheep in my family who is not a die-hard Star Wars fan). So for everyone else, here's what I know:

• Darth Vader (the dark side) - Red Light Saber
• Blue Lightsabers – Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Master), Anakin Skywalker, Rey
• Green Lightsabers – Master Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn, Luke Skywalker
• Purple Lightsabers – Mace Windu
• Yellow Lightsabers – Jedi Temple Guards
• Orange Lightsabers – Cal Kestis
• White Lightsabers – Ahsoka Tano

Ingredients

For the Sugar Cookie Dough:

• Butter (softened)
• Sugar
• Salt
• Eggs (1 whole plus 1 egg yolk)
• Vanilla Extract
• Almond extract
• All-purpose flour, sifted

For the Decorations:

• Wilton Red & Blue Candy Melts (and/or green if you like green light sabers... you can make your light sabers any color you want - no judgment here 😉 )  Note:  See how to thin candy melts here!!
• Wilton Silver Color Mist Spray
• Red & Blue sanding sugar

How to Make Star Wars Cookies

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, and salt until light and fluffy with a hand mixer (or sometimes I use my Bosch) at medium speed.
2. Next, add the egg yolk, beat it some more, then add the whole egg. Mix in the vanilla and almond.
3. Add flour and beat on low until well combined. Do not overbeat. The dough will be sticky!
4. Divide the dough in half and wrap each half in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least an hour, but I usually do mine the day before.
5. When you're ready to bake, allow the dough to come to room temp for at least 10 minutes, then knead it on a floured surface until it gets back to a smooth texture.
6. Preheat over to 375°. Sprinkle your work surface and rolling pin with flour. The thickness of your dough can vary, but I prefer it to be around ¼" thick. 
7. Continue sprinkling flour when needed to prevent dough from sticking. Use a rectangle cookie cutter to cut the cookies into the sticks around ¾" wide and 5-6" long. You could change the size up if you wanted, but if you make them much narrower than that, they're going to break SO easily! You could also use one of the cutters from this set.
8. Place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
9. Now don't skip this step! Stick the cookies (on the sheets) back in the freezer for exactly 10 minutes to allow them to re-chill. This will keep your cookies perfectly shaped! When they're chilled, bake for 8-10 minutes (depending on size) for the perfect cookie!
10. You may get a slightly golden brown edge (or not), but either way, they hold their shape, taste yummy, and are not too crunchy! After trying multiple recipes, this has to be my favorite!

Once you have them baked and cooled, here's what else you'll need:

How to Decorate Light Saber Cookies

1. First, lay the cookie sticks out and spray the bottom third with Silver Color Mist Spray. Then let them dry for a few minutes.
2. Next, melt your candy melts and then dip or spread the melted chocolate over the top ⅔ of the cookie sticks. I didn't have enough melted chocolate to dip them so I used a butter knife to spread the chocolate over the cookies. Just be careful and do not break your cookies. I did a dozen today and only had one break, but this will vary depending on the recipe you use and how big you make the sticks!
3. Before the chocolate dries, add the sanding sugar so it'll stick to the melted chocolate! Then just let the chocolate set (I pop them in the frig for a few minutes) and they're ready to go! I did a tray of red ones and a tray of blue ones...

4. Once I had them all ready, I grabbed some treat bags and printed my May the Fourth Be With You Treat Bag Toppers I have two sizes available for you... 4" inch size (which is what I used - they fit the Wilton Party bags perfectly) or you can use 6.5" wide that fit sandwich bags (although they may not be long enough for the cookie sticks but you might want to do another fun Star Wars treat with these toppers!).
5. Cut them out, then fill the bags with cookies and staple the toppers on! Easy-peasy!

Note:  There are 4 different designs but due to a fluke and dumbness on my part - I printed the same one over and over... don't ask! There's a reason I have other people do printables for me 😉