Description
Delight your family and friends with these vibrant and fun watermelon cookies! Perfect for summer gatherings, picnics, or birthday parties, these easy-to-make sugar cookies are shaped like watermelon slices and decorated with colorful icing. With a refreshing blend of vanilla and watermelon flavors, they are not only visually appealing but also deliciously sweet. Each bite brings back nostalgic memories while adding a festive touch to any occasion. Customize the icing colors to match your theme or event, making these cookies a creative treat everyone will love. Get ready to impress your guests with a dessert that’s as fun to make as it is to eat!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1 box (3 oz) watermelon jello
- Food coloring gels (hot pink, lime green, dark green, black)
Instructions
- In a stand mixer bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla; mix well.
- Combine flour and salt in another bowl, then gradually add to the mixer until smooth.
- Roll out dough on floured parchment paper to about ½ inch thick; cut into circles and then halve them for watermelon shapes.
- Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes until edges are golden brown; cool on wire racks.
- Prepare icing by mixing warm water, meringue powder, and Karo syrup; gradually add powdered sugar while mixing until smooth.
- Divide icing into bowls for coloring; pipe onto cooled cookies as desired.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 125
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 60mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: <1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg