Description
These Cotton Candy Cookies are a fun and colorful treat that are perfect for any occasion. The sweet cotton candy extract gives these cookies a unique flavor that kids and adults will love. With swirls of pink and blue dough, these cookies are as pretty as they are delicious.
Ingredients
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Dough:
- 1 cup salted butter, at room temperature
- 1 & 1/3 cups white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp cotton candy extract
- 2 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 drops pink and blue food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream butter and sugar: In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add egg and extract: Mix in the egg and cotton candy extract until well combined.
- Combine dry ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Mix dough: Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and combine well.
- Add food coloring: Divide dough into 2 pieces and color each with pink and blue food coloring, mixing well.
- Swirl dough: Rip off parts of each colored dough and squish them together to form a large ball. Rip the dough ball apart a few times to swirl the colors together.
- Form cookies: Scoop dough into 3 tbsp balls and place on a lined baking sheet.
- Bake: Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly browned on the bottom.
- Cool: Allow cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet before moving.
Notes
- *Spoon and level flour: To properly measure flour, spoon it into a measuring cup and level off the excess with a knife.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
