Best Summertime Fun Cookies Recipes

SUMMERTIME FUN COOKIES

Summertime Fun Cookies image

Use this basic sugar cookie recipe to make the perfect poolside treat. Kids (and adults) won't be able to get enough. -Coleen Walter, Bancroft, Michigan

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 40m

Yield about 2-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 large eggs, room temperature
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
FROSTING:
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 to 4 tablespoons hot water
Blue food coloring
Optional decorations: Bear-shaped crackers, fish-shaped graham crackers, Airheads candies, gummy sour rings, white sugar pearls and palm tree party picks

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in extracts and 1 egg at a time. In another bowl, whisk together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; gradually beat into creamed mixture. , Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets; flatten slightly with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake until edges begin to brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pan to wire racks; cool completely., For frosting, beat butter, confectioners' sugar, extract and enough water to reach desired consistency; tint blue with food coloring. Spread over cookies. Decorate as desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 174 calories, Fat 8g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 33mg cholesterol, Sodium 107mg sodium, Carbohydrate 24g carbohydrate (17g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

SUMMERTIME FUN COOKIES

Summertime Fun Cookies image

Use this basic sugar cookie recipe to make the perfect poolside treat. Kids won't be able to get enough. -Coleen Walter, Bancroft, Michigan

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 large eggs
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
FROSTING:
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 to 4 tablespoons hot water
Blue food coloring
Optional decorations: bear-shaped crackers, fish-shaped graham crackers, AirHeads candies, gummy sour rings, white sugar pearls and palm tree party picks

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in extracts and eggs, one at a time. In another bowl, whisk together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; gradually beat into creamed mixture. , Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets; flatten slightly with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake until edges begin to brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pan to wire racks; cool completely., For frosting, beat butter, confectioners' sugar, extract and enough water to reach desired consistency; tint blue with food coloring. Spread over cookies. Decorate as desired.