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Watermelon Cookies




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




6 tbsp. butter
1/3 cup Crisco
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
red food coloring
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
chocolate chips for "seeds"
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups confectioner sugar, sifted
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. milk
green food coloring

Recipe



Blend butter, shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add egg, milk, vanilla and enough red food coloring to turn the dough the color of watermelon flesh. Then add flour, baking powder and salt. Beat well. Chill for 3 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough onto floured surface; dough will be sticky. Cut with a 3 inch round cutter(a glass will work), then cut each in half and place on cookie sheet. Position 5 chocolate chips on each for seeds. Bake for 12 minutes. When cookies are cool, put a border og green icing around the circular edge for the rind.

***Green Icing - Combine butter, confectioner sugar, vanilla and milk. Blend well and add green food coloring to reach color of watermelon rind.