Watermelon Slice Cookies

¾ cup of softened unsalted butter

¾ cup sugar

1 egg

½ teaspoon of vanilla

2 cups of all-purpose flour

¼ teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

Red and green gel food coloring

½ cup mini chocolate chips

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Fold flour mixture into butter mixture. Tint 1/3 cup of dough green, leave 2/3 cup of dough plain, and tint the remaining dough red. Roll the red dough into a log with about a 2-½ inch diameter. Wrap each color of dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least two hours. Roll the plain dough and the green dough out into rectangles. The long side of each rectangle should be as long as the red log of dough. The short side of each rectangle should be a little over 7 inches. Roll the plain dough around the red log first and then roll the green dough around the plain dough. Re-wrap the log in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least two more hours. When ready to cook, pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Slice log into ¼ inch slices and slice each resulting circle in half. Recruit a child to add some chocolate chips to each slice to resemble watermelon seeds. Bake 9-11 minutes.