I recently shared a post over at the KidsSteals blog and shared how to make some fun Watermelon shaped sugar cookies. No watermelon was actually used in these cookies thank goodness, they just look like fun summery slices of watermelon. I wanted to make sure that I shared them here with my readers as well in case you may have missed them. They are really very easy to make and just take a little bit of food coloring and your favorite sugar cookie recipe (or use Our Favorite Sour Cream Sugar Cookie Recipe) to whip up a batch for yourself.
Summer officially comes to an end this Labor weekend, but we are still enjoying warm temperatures and trying to make summer last as long as possible when we can. These would be fun to take to your Labor Day BBQ and activities to share with your friends and family.
I will share with you how I made them.
1. Separate your cookie dough into two halves and set one half aside.
2. Take the other half and split it in half again so that you have three total sections of cookie dough.
3. Add several drops of red food coloring to the largest ball of cookie dough and thoroughly mix the color in evenly.
4. Color one of the quarters green and then leave the third one uncolored.
5. Roll out each section of cookie dough separately so that it measures about 1/4 inch in height.
6. Take a round cookie cutter or a cup and cut out circles in your red dough.
7. Cut thin strips (I cut mine about 1/2 inch) off of the green and white cookie dough with a pizza cutter.
8. Cut the red circles in half and place on a greased cookie sheet.
9. Take a strip of green and line it up on the bottom of each red half circle.
10. Add a strip of white so that it is the middle of the red and green but on top of them both.
11. Take your clean finger and gently press the white into the red and green dough to ensure it stays in place.
12. Trim any excess dough on both ends using your pizza cutter.
13. Gently press a few mini chocolate chips into the red area to represent the watermelon seeds. I placed the pointed part of the chip down.
**Optional–Take a scalloped (flower) cookie cutter and use it to cut out a bite mark in your cookie.
Bake at the required temperature and time limit for your recipe. Then enjoy with your favorite people or give them away!
And because the watermelon cookies were not cute enough I decided to experiment with the left over cookie dough and see what other fruit cookies I could come up with. You know how much I enjoy playing with food right? I made some lemon and orange slices and used the leftover green from the watermelons to make a couple of lime cookies…but must have forgotten to take a picture of them.
Simply take a round cookie cutter, or a glass, and cut out round cookie shapes from your dough. Cut the circles in half. Then cut some more strips of the uncolored dough with your cookie cutter to make the white sections on the lemon and orange slices. Bake as usual.
For the apples, I cut out circles again and then pinched in the top and the bottom to make the apples indented. Then I cut a smaller circle in the uncolored dough and placed it on top of the colored apple. Add a couple of regular sized chocolate chips to make some apple seeds and a cut piece of Black Licorice for the stems. Add a leaf if you would like by just molding a piece of green dough into a leaf shape. Bake as usual.
Serve up your delicious fruit. I may have finally been able to eat my recommended daily allowance from the fruit group that day! I would love to serve these at a baby, bridal shower or party due to their uniqueness. Aren’t they fun? And the kids love to help with these kind of things at my house. Great project for a rainy day now that the fall weather is right around the corner.
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Mrs Rosie Posie says
These are so cute, and look delicious too!
Thanks so much*
x
Amy says
Thanks! We like them at our house!
The scalloped bite mark is so cute. Love the idea.
Thanks Tiffany! I appreciate your comments!
Too cute!
LOVE this! I really want to try it now, my little girl would love to eat this. Thanks for sharing. :)
Thanks Rachel! I hope she loves them. My girls have loved them too. I even put some in the freezer and then snuck one into their lunch bags on the first day of school.
I just discovered your blog through pinterest and I kinda love you. Like a lot! :-) Your blog is really fun and makes me want to try all kinds of new things. Thanks so much!
p.s. I was flipping through trying to find your AFTER post of your daughter’s room…?
Haha! Glad to hear it! Thanks for the fun comment. You made my day…like a lot :)! I have 3 girls and did two rooms…The one with the new headboard or the bright blue walls? I have this link…http://www.theidearoom.net/2010/09/crepe-paper-flower-balls.html
I just realized I never did do a follow up post of her entire room….hmmmm….maybe I should do that! Thanks for the reminder!
Yes, that was what I was looking for, thanks :-) Before and After’s are my favorite! You should definately do a final reveal, dresser and all.
Good! Glad that was it. I certainly will. It might motivate me to finish up the last finishing touches I have been putting off for a while now! Other projects always seem to side track me :)
Love this post. I am so going to surprise my little god-daughter with these cookies! Thanks for sharing!
Hope she loves them. It is always fun to get a nice unexpected surprise!
How cute are these!?! My girls would love them!
Beyond adorable – I absolutely love these.
Since I have some cookie dough I gonna try this :)
Adorable! I love the apple ones too! Great job!
Thanks Erin! I really appreciate it!
The kids and I made these on Saturday morning. The kids loved them sooo much! Thanks for the idea!
So happy to hear that! And especially for stopping back by to let me know!