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[Music throughout] [How to make sunspot sugar cookies] Narrator: Hi, this is video about

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how to make sugar cookies that look like the Sun.

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First, you mix a quarter-cup of softened butter

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with a quarter-cup of sugar. The butter should be

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soft so it will mix well. It was hard to keep everything in the bowl.

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Once it’s mixed

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into sugary lumps, you can add one egg,

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half-a-teaspoon of vanilla extract, and then

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mix it again. I had to keep pushing it down the sides of the bowl

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with the spatula. Next,

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you add one-and-a-quarter-cups of flour,

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and one teaspoon of baking powder,

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and then mix it again.

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It took a long time to push the mix into a ball. I started with

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the spoon and then used my hands.

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Finally it felt like dough. Spread some flour on a pastry

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cloth, or on the counter if you don’t have one, and then get some flour on both sides

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of the dough and flatten it a little.

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Roll it out flat. Go in both directions and stop when it’s 

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about as thick as a pencil.

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Then cut it out into Sun shapes. We tried two different ones. You can even use

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an empty jar to make circles. Put them on a metal pan covered with parchment

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paper if you have it. Bake them in the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit 

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for 10-12 minutes. You should have an adult do this part. Carefully take

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them off the pan and let them cool for a little while as you’re making the icing.

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Add milk slowly to one-and-a-half-cups of powdered sugar.

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Keep adding and mixing

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until it starts to feel a little runny.

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It goes fast at the end, so be careful. Divide into two

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bowls. To make yellow frosting, add three drops of yellow food coloring. To make 

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orange, use two drops of yellow and one drop of red.

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Spread the yellow on first.

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Then drizzle the orange in a neat pattern.

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It doesn’t have to be perfect.

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Then you can use a toothpick to mix the orange in and make it look like

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the Sun. Be creative!

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To make sunspots, we used chocolate chips and cake-writing gel.

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They are dark areas that are cooler than what’s around them. When the Sun is

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active it has more. Sometimes the Sun is quiet and doesn’t have any, so we left

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a few cookies plain. That’s it! You’re done! Except for the best

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part! Make sure to help clean up.

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Want to know more about the Sun? Go here to get some great info. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/sun

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Explore: Solar system & beyond

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