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Watermelon Cookies

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 36 cookies

Equipment

  • baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • mixer
  • Circle cookie cutter

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup butter (2 sticks) room temp
  • 1 Cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 packet Unsweetened Watermelon Kool-Aid (optional)
  • 3 Cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 Cup corn starch (optional)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 drops green food coloriing
  • 1 tub vanilla store-bought frosting (for frosting)
  • 1/4 Cup strawberry jam
  • 1 drop red food coloring (optional)
  • 1 Cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Cup mini chocolate chiips

Instructions
 

  • 1. In a medium bowl, mix together butter and sugar until creamy.
  • Stir in eggs and vanilla. Add green food coloring.
  • In another bowl, measure and mix together flour, cornstarch, Kool-aiid, and baking powder.
  • Add flour mixture to sugar mixture. Stir well.
  • Roll dough into balls and flatten onto a baking sheet with parchment paper. If you have a circle cookie cutter, make into circles.
  • Bake 10-12 minutes until slightly browned. Take out of over. Carefully cut cookies into half circle. Let cool.
  • Make frosting by mixing all frosting, jam, powdered sugar, and 1 drop red coloring.
  • Frost tops of cookies. Add chocolate chips for the seeds. Enjoy!