Guess what's coming to theaters this weekend? Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, a 3D animated musical feature film!
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return is a 3D-animated musical based on the adventure books by Roger Stanton Baum, the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum. A continuation of one of the world’s most popular and beloved fairy tales, Legends of Oz finds Dorothy (Lea Michele) waking to post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow (Dan Aykroyd), the Lion (Jim Belushi), the Tin Man (Kelsey Grammer) and Glinda (Bernadette Peters) from a devious new villain, the Jester (Martin Short).
Wiser the owl (Oliver Platt), Marshal Mallow (Hugh Dancy), China Princess (Megan Hilty) and Tugg the tugboat (Patrick Stewart) join Dorothy on her latest magical journey through the colorful landscape of Oz to restore order and happiness to Emerald City.
Set to the tunes of Academy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Bryan Adams, Legends of Oz marks a charming, family-friendly return to the Oz franchise. Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return stars Lea Michele, Hugh Dancy, Megan Hilty, Jim Belushi, Martin Short, Dan Aykroyd, Kelsey Grammer, Oliver Platt, Bernadette Peters and Patrick Stewart with new music by Bryan Adams!
I am so excited about this magical movie that I created a little recipe based on the famous Yellow Brick Road!
That's right, complete with a few of the Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return stars, I created this incredibly easy Yellow Brick Road Cookies Recipe that you can whip up with your kids before seeing the movie this weekend!
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You can catch a Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return trailer right here!
Now for the Yellow Brick Road Cookies recipe...seriously, this is so easy, you won't believe it!
Yellow Brick Road Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
4 sticks of unsalted butter
1 cup of granulated sugar
2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
4 cups of all purpose flour
Optional for decorating: 1 drop of yellow food coloring
Directions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Beat together your butter, sugar and vanilla until thoroughly combined. If you are dying your shortbread yellow, add the drop of yellow food coloring during this stage. Stir in flour.
Place shortbread dough on a parchment-paper lined counter top and set another piece of parchment paper on top of the dough. Roll to about a ¼ inch thickness using a rolling pin.
Remove the top layer of parchment paper and using a very sharp knife without a serrated blade, cut shortbread dough into squares and rectangles, depending on what you want your road to look like.
Place about an inch apart on parchment paper lined cookie sheets and bake at 350 degrees for nine minutes. Allow to cool completely before removing, as they will bend when still fresh!
How to create the scene:
Lay two pieces of green construction paper on a cookie sheet and line up your Yellow Bricks into a road. I used yellow decorating gel to act as glue to hold them together. As these cookies are very buttery, I used green colored sugar to lay against them to act as grass - it covers up the butter that is absorbed by the construction paper.
Then simply line up your Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return figures to complete the scene!
Sara
This turned out SO cute! And you even have the figurines to go with! Super fun! The movie looks cute!
Kathleen Garber
Aww that's cute! I bet its fun to play with before eating it too. I just saw my first commercial for this movie yesterday! I love Wizard of Oz so I guess we'll see how I feel about this movie.
Ellen Christian
That is just the cutest thing ever! I love the Wizard of Oz and need to check this out.
Jennifer Soltys
COULD this be cuter? I don't think so. What an adorable idea! I hadn't heard of this movie, but it looks great!
Dominique Cloutier
Cute cookies! I love this idea! I am probably just as excited as my kids are for this movie!
Kristin Lesney
Now that is just too cute!!!! I love these! My girls would enjoy these with movie night too!
susan
these cookies look amazing! They came out so nice, I love how you used the characters on the cookies so cute! love it!
Janice
This is such a fun idea!
Angela S
You are so clever to make the yellow brick road with cookies. This is sure to get any kid excited for the movie.
Kristen
I absolutely LOVE this adorable idea!
Louida
I love the yellow brick cookie idea! I think my daughters mention this movie and wanting to see it.
MommaDJane
I love the looks on the animated Owl. I bet my kids will find this movie cute. Those yellow brick road cookies look delicious.
Kelsey Apley
Now that is CUTE!!! What a fun idea and I love how bold the yellow is!!! I live in Kansas so I give you an A+++!!!
Pam
There have been quite a few Oz adaptations out lately! These cookies are just too cute.
Lindsey
I've seen a TON of publicity for this movie. Crafts, billboards, radio and TV - they are wanting to really pump it up. I love that you made Dorothy bricks.
Amber Edwards
Oh that is such a fun idea! We love the Wizard of Oz; and actually visited the Museum in Kansas! So this would be a lot of fun to make for the kids.
veronica
Very cute idea! This is one that I am sure will be popular with the kids.
Jen Temcio
This is SO SO CUTE!! I love that Dorothy is wearing cowgirl boots 🙂 I dont even have young kids but I want to watch this and have a party with those cookies !!
Mommy2jam
Super cute! I love this idea, I will have to make this
Krista Whisner
That is such a cute idea! I love it!
Heather
Jenn these are AWESOME! Seriously adorable! I can't wait to make these for my girls!
Jessica
This is such a cute idea! My daughter recently developed an interested in the Wizard Of Oz movie, the newer one. I know she would love seeing an extra installment that is animated!
Amy Desrosiers
Wow, these are so adorable!! I love how hey look like a yellow brick road!
Mama to 5 BLessings
Sounds like a cute movie, my kids would enjoy this!
Melanie Roberts
This is soo cute... I bet I'm the only one that has NOT seen the wizard of Oz yet... Crazy, I know.. but will make a point to see it now
Sarah
How cute! These would be perfect for a school party!
Dawn Lopez
Oh my goodness, this is just the cutest idea ever. I love it! This sounds like such a cute musical, I will have to check it out 😉
Elizabeth
These are so cute. WOuld be extra cute for a Oz birthday party too.
Jaime
Your yellow brick road turned out so cute! I need to check out Dorothy's Return. Looks really cute.
Carly Bellard
Really cute idea! My kids would love this!
Debi
This is adorable. My daughter would love it.
mARINA
That's so cute! I must try this for the kiddos this summer 🙂
Liz Mays
Those are really fun cookies. Love the tie-in and the cute little characters walking the brick road. 🙂
Susanna
These are so cute! My five-year old can't wait to see this movie. Nor can I!
Cath from Cath's Cookery Creations!
Such a great idea! I love the Wizard of Oz and Wicked but didn't know there was an animated movie coming out. Will have to see if it is going to reach us.