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Watermelon Cookie
SUBMITTED BY:
Linda
PHOTO BY:
cookiestork
"Sugar cookies that look like little slices of watermelon!!"
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2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 drops red food coloring
1/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons water
3 drops green food coloring
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DIRECTIONS
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a small mixing bowl.
Beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Stir in egg, milk, and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture, mixing well. Add a small amount of red food coloring to color dough as desired, beating until blended. Shape dough into a ball; cover and chill at least 3 hours.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Divide dough in half; store one portion in refrigerator. Roll remaining portion to 1/4 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut dough with a 3-inch round cookie cutter; cut circle in half. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Press several chocolate mini chocolate chips in each cookie. Repeat with remaining dough.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes (do not brown). Cool on wire racks.
Make frosting: Combine powdered sugar and water, mixing until smooth. Add a small amount of green food coloring, mixing until blended. Dip round edge of each cookie in green frosting, and place cookie on wax paper until frosting is firm.
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Reviewed on Aug. 19, 2005 by
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Aug. 19, 2005
What a tedious cookie to make! But what awesome results! Not for people who like the easy way out. I made it even harder on myself because I didn't have mini chocolate chips so I ended up individually cuting the regular chips in half (insane I know)! But everyone was impressed and they taste great. I washed an empty soup can to cut out the circles and that seemed to be the perfect size baked for 8 min. Cute, cute, cute cookies!
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Reviewed on Jun. 6, 2006 by STACEYFEINDT
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STACEYFEINDT
Jun. 6, 2006
This tastes good..I tried to divide the dough and colored half of it green and the other red...then I chilled it..then rolled the red into a log..and flattened and wraped the green around, then sliced..but it didn't look to much like a watermelon. :)
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Reviewed on Apr. 18, 2003 by ALEHMAN1
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ALEHMAN1
Apr. 18, 2003
This cookie was a huge success at my daughters 2nd grade garden party. I doubled the recipe easily. The cookies not only looked great, they were very tasty. I had to thin the icing mixture with a bit more water.
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This cookie was a huge success at my daughters 2nd grade garden party. I doubled the recipe...
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Reviewed on Jul. 5, 2005 by cookiestork
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Jul. 5, 2005
These cookies had people asking for more! Really cute and soft. They had a slighty buttery taste and the chocolate minis and icing all went well together. I added a few more drops of red food coloring and also used 2 1/2" circles instead of 3", which seemed a better size (expands a tad bit in the oven) and it yielded about 55 cookies. A great sugar cookie recipe in general.
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These cookies had people asking for more! Really cute and soft. They had a slighty buttery...
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Reviewed on Aug. 20, 2006 by
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Debbie S.
Aug. 20, 2006
These cookies were a big hit !!! They are so cute and taste good too. Although I think next time, I might sprinkle a little bit of sugar on them before baking to give them that "sugar cookie" taste. I didn't follow the directions as written. Instead, I colored 1/4 of the dough green and the rest red. I then shaped the red into a log with a flat bottom, rolled out the green and covered the red log with a thin layer of the green - then refrigerated the log. The next morning, I just sliced the cookies, added the chips and baked - very easy!
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These cookies were a big hit !!! They are so cute and taste good too. Although I think next...
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Reviewed on Jul. 7, 2006 by Marianne
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Marianne
Jul. 7, 2006
This was the BEST RECIPE EVER! I made your cookies, and not only do they look good, they taste good. There were a few things I did differently 1)Instead of the green icing I took some dough, added green food coloring to it, and wrapped it around the red dough 2)Added more food coloring, so it is a brighter color. 3)Since I didn't hvae chocolate chips, I cut a small piece of chocolate into smaller pieces. I only put them on some cookies, even though you could barely taste them in the end 4)I used a funnel as a cookie cutter Those weren't really necessary, but just thought I would share. Everyone who ate the cookies loved them. Thanks for a great recipe. It was a big hit!
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This was the BEST RECIPE EVER! I made your cookies, and not only do they look good, they taste...
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Reviewed on Apr. 22, 2008 by Marie C.
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Marie C.
Apr. 22, 2008
This cookie was very cute but it just has no flavor. After reading the reviews I used all butter, more sugar and vanilla thinking that would help, it didn't. I used paste dye so the color was true. I also divided my dough and made red and green, formed into a half circle and draped the "rind" over that. Placed in the freezer and cut slices out of the frozen dough. I think next time I will use a good tasting firm sugar cookie to make these. Thanks for the idea!
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This cookie was very cute but it just has no flavor. After reading the reviews I used all...
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Reviewed on Nov. 12, 2006 by Rachel
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Rachel
Nov. 12, 2006
Cute? Definitely. Tasty? Eh, good enough. Cuteness makes up for a lot. I do have to say though that my friends and their kids devoured them far more speedily than I would have imagined. If you do not have the cookie cutter, a biscuit cutter or even the rim of a glass will work fine.
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Cute? Definitely. Tasty? Eh, good enough. Cuteness makes up for a lot. I do have to say...
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Reviewed on Aug. 29, 2002 by VEGGIE
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VEGGIE
Aug. 29, 2002
Thank you for submitting this smile-bringing recipe. I had it in my files once, but lost it. You saved the day!
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Reviewed on Aug. 30, 2008 by Sheri
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Sheri
Aug. 30, 2008
Great Recipe! I made these for my 2 years old's birthday party (we had a watermelon theme) and everyone loved them. The only thing I might change if I make them again would be to add some Almond Extract!
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