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Watermelon Cookies Recipe
Submitted by: Amanda Formaro
[Amanda is the owner of FamilyCorner.com Magazine.]
What a fun addition to your summertime picnic or party. These watermelon cookies are easy and fun and the kids will enjoy helping as well!
Ingredients:
- 3 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened (not melted!)
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 drops red food coloring
- 1 cup miniature semi sweet morsels
Directions:
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.
Beat butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and red food coloring in a large bowl with electric mixer until fluffy. Gradually add flour mixture and stir with wooden spoon until thoroughly mixed. Cover dough with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for two hours.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out circles with a cookie cutter or other round object, such as a glass or round plastic container. Place circles on ungreased cookie sheet. With a butter knife, carefully slice circle in half and separate by at least 1/2 inch to allow for expansion during baking. Gently press miniature semi sweet morsels into each semicircle.
Bake for 6-8 minutes, checking after 6 minutes. Cookies will be done when edges are lightly browned. Do not allow cookies to get too brown. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes. Remove from cookies sheets to aluminum foil on a flat surface and allow to cool completely.
Glaze
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 2 tbsp water
- 15-20 drops green food coloring
In a small bowl mix together all ingredients to form a glaze. You may add drops of water to thin glaze if it is too thick.
To decorate the cookies, roll the round end of the cookie in the glaze, allow excess to drip off into bowl. Place cookies back on foil until glaze dries. Eat!
Bio:
Amanda Formaro is the entrepreneurial mother of four children. She and
her husband live in southeastern Wisconsin. She is also the owner of
FamilyCorner.com Magazine at http://familycorner.com from which she
operates several free newsletters, including her favorite, In The
Kitchen. To subscribe send any email message to
kitchen-on@mail-list.com
Recommended Books:
The Ultimate Cookie Cookbook
Kids Cooking
by: Time-Life Books
Scrumptious Recipes for Cooks Ages 9 to 13
 Kid's Party Cookbook
by: Penny Warner
Recipes for all sorts of foods that kids like and can fix themselves or with minimal help from parents.
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