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Watermelon Slice Cookies
Watermelon Slice Cookies
- Recipe Submitted by maryjosh on 12/10/2018
Ingredients List
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Red and green gel food coloring
- 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips or raisins, chopped
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, optional
Directions
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Reserve 1 cup dough.
Tint remaining dough red; shape into a 3-1/2-in.-long roll. Wrap in plastic. Tint 1/3 cup of reserved dough green; wrap in plastic. Wrap remaining plain dough. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
On a lightly floured surface, roll plain dough into an 8-1/2x3-1/2-in. rectangle. Unwrap red dough and place on a short end of the plain dough; roll up.
Roll green dough into a 10x3-1/2-in. rectangle. Place red and plain roll on a short end of the green dough; roll up. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap and cut dough into 3/16-in. slices (just less than 1/4 in.). Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Lightly press chocolate chips and, if desired, sesame seeds into red dough to resemble watermelon seeds.
Bake 9-11 minutes or until firm. Immediately cut cookies in half. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Tint remaining dough red; shape into a 3-1/2-in.-long roll. Wrap in plastic. Tint 1/3 cup of reserved dough green; wrap in plastic. Wrap remaining plain dough. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
On a lightly floured surface, roll plain dough into an 8-1/2x3-1/2-in. rectangle. Unwrap red dough and place on a short end of the plain dough; roll up.
Roll green dough into a 10x3-1/2-in. rectangle. Place red and plain roll on a short end of the green dough; roll up. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap and cut dough into 3/16-in. slices (just less than 1/4 in.). Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Lightly press chocolate chips and, if desired, sesame seeds into red dough to resemble watermelon seeds.
Bake 9-11 minutes or until firm. Immediately cut cookies in half. Remove to wire racks to cool.
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