Saturday, April 13, 2013

Watermelon Cookies

Having birth to my toddler girl who loved to bake and eat, of course, I have to come out to search for cute baking ideas. Yes, cute instead of creative because she love to explore and do her own visual cookies.

This recipe was incorporated by Kawaiisweetworld. Wow ! My girl and I fall in love with all the youtube video and we have more in mind in our next project. The video can be view with the link provided. Her recipe is originated from Tastehome

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3mObv2EwT4





Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg1/2 tsp.
vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
Pinch of salt
Red and green gel food coloring
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
2. Remove 1 cup of dough; set aside. Add enough red food coloring to tint remaining dough deep red. Roll into a 6 in. log; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
3. Divide the 1 cup of reserved dough into two pieces. To one piece, add enough green food coloring to tint dough deep green. Leave remaining dough plain. Wrap each piece separately in plastic wrap; chill until firm, about 1 hour.
4. On a lightly floured surface, roll white dough into a 6 in. by 6.5 in. rectangle. Place red dough along short end of rectangle. Roll up and encircle red dough with white dough; set aside.
5. On a lightly floured surface, roll the green dough into a 6 in by 6.75 in. rectangle. Place log of red and white dough along the short end of green dough. Roll up with green dough. Cover tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 2 hours or until firm
6. Unwrap dough and cut into 1/4 to 1/8 in. slices, and cut slices in half again into semicircles. Press mini chocolate chips face down into cookies. Place on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

7. Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until cookies are firm but not brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.