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How to Make Watermelon Cookies!

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How to Make Watermelon Cookies!

5,021,920 views November 5, 2013 4:50

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In brief

You’ll make cute, watermelon-shaped refrigerator cookies that taste like a mix of shortbread and sugar cookies. The recipe is beginner-friendly and uses simple ingredients like butter, sugar, and food coloring to create a playful, layered effect. Perfect for those who enjoy baking fun, edible treats with a playful twist.

Key steps

  1. Cream butter and sugar, then mix in egg, vanilla, and dry ingredients.
  2. Divide dough: tint most red, set aside 1 cup plain.
  3. Split reserved dough—color half green, chill both pieces 1 hour.
  4. Roll plain dough into a rectangle, wrap red dough inside, then roll up.
  5. Wrap red-and-white log with green dough, chill 2+ hours.
  6. Slice dough into thin semicircles, press chocolate chips on top.
  7. Bake at 350°F for 9–11 minutes until firm but not brown.

Questions & answers

How long does the dough need to chill before rolling?

The red dough chills 2 hours before rolling, while the green and plain dough chill 1 hour before wrapping.

What’s the best way to cut the cookies?

Slice the chilled log into 1/4- to 1/8-inch slices, then halve each slice into semicircles.

Description from the creator

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Hey everyone! I've always thought that refrigerator cookies were cute, and these watermelon cookies are a perfect start for a beginner! They're so yummy and taste like a mix between a shortbread and sugar cookie! It would also be awesome if you flavored them with Jello so that they would taste like a watermelon too. I hope you guys give this recipe a try, and if you do be sure to post them on my Facebook so I can feature your creations!

Recipe adapted from "Taste of Home"

Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
Pinch of salt
Red and green gel food coloring
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
2. Remove 1 cup of dough; set aside. Add enough red food coloring to tint remaining dough deep red. Roll into a 6 in. log; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
3. Divide the 1 cup of reserved dough into two pieces. To one piece, add enough green food coloring to tint dough deep green. Leave remaining dough plain. Wrap each piece separately in plastic wrap; chill until firm, about 1 hour.
4. On a lightly floured surface, roll white dough into a 6 in. by 6.5 in. rectangle. Place red dough along short end of rectangle. Roll up and encircle red dough with white dough; set aside.
5. On a lightly floured surface, roll the green dough into a 6 in by 6.75 in. rectangle. Place log of red and white dough along the short end of green dough. Roll up with green dough. Cover tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 2 hours or until firm
6. Unwrap dough and cut into 1/4 to 1/8 in. slices, and cut slices in half again into semicircles. Press mini chocolate chips face down into cookies. Place on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
7. Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until cookies are firm but not brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

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kawaiisweetworld published this 4:50 video tutorial on November 5, 2013. It has been watched 5,021,920 times on YouTube.

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