Name: Watermelon Slice Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter, softened -; 3/4 cup sugar -; 1 large egg, room temperature -; 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 -

Recipe information

Cooking:

25 min.

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Ingredients for - Watermelon Slice Cookies

1. 3/4 cup butter, softened -

2. 3/4 cup sugar -

3. 1 large egg, room temperature -

4. 1/2 teaspoon almond extract -

5. 2 cups all-purpose flour -

6. 1/4 teaspoon baking powder -

7. 1/8 teaspoon salt -

8. Red and green gel food coloring -

9. 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips or raisins, chopped -

10. 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, optional -

How to cook deliciously - Watermelon Slice Cookies

1. Stage

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.

2. Stage

Tint remaining dough red; shape into a 3-1/2-in.-long roll and wrap. Tint 1/3 cup of reserved dough green; wrap. Wrap remaining plain dough. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.

3. Stage

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.

4. Stage

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 and refrigerate overnight.

5. Stage

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.

6. Stage

Bake 9-11 minutes or until firm. Immediately cut cookies in half. Remove to wire racks to cool.