Independence Day Recipes
Watermelon Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1/3 cup butter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
- 1 egg
- Red food color
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/3 cup miniature chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Icing
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Enough water to dip cookies
Instructions
- Cream butter, shortening and sugar.
- Add milk, egg, vanilla extract and red food color to look like watermelon flesh.
- In separate bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add to colored mixture and chill for 1 hour.
- Roll out cookies to 1/4 inch thick and cut into 3 or 4 inch circles. Then cut the circles in half to resemble a watermelon wedge.
- Gently place on lightly greased cookie sheet and press in mini chips to look like the seeds of the melon.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 8 minutes just until set, do not brown the edges. Cool.
- Make icing and tint with enough green food color to resemble the rind of the melon.
- Dip the round edge of cookies in the green icing and place on wax paper to cool.