Take butter,sugar,vanilla essence in bowl and mix well.Add in flour,baking soda,baking powder,milk and kneed into soft dough..

Divide it into 4 equal portions. add food colours to three portion and sauf coloured to 4th portion to kneed the dough again.now cover dough with plastic wrap and chill in fridge for 30minutes.

Take out all dough and roll them in rectangular shapes to place on each other using lil water.again cover this with plastic wrap and place in fridge untill firm.

Now remove it from fridge.trim the sides,cut into 4 equal portion.now again place the portion on one another by applying water on each layer.

Make sure the alternate colours are sticked.now wrap again to refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Take out dough and cut into squares..

Arrange them on baking tray which is line with butter paper.

Bake them for 15 -17 minutes in preheated oven at 180C degree.remove and let it cool.

The left over scraps of dough are used to make Christmas tree and other shapes.