4th of July Cookies
These 4th of July Flag Cookies will be the perfect addition to your holiday BBQ.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Carrie Ypma
baking pan
Parchment paper
measuring cups/spoons
decorating bag/round decorating tip
scalloped circle cookie cutter
electric hand mixer, stand mixer
Mixing Bowl
Spatula
Rolling Pin
wire cooling rack
- ¾ cup butter salted
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 large egg
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- 1-2 tbsp water
- 1 large bag of red, blue and white M&M's
- Vanilla frosting
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Mix together the butter and sugar.
Combine the almond extract and egg.
Mix in the flour and water and form into a ball of dough.
Roll the dough out, about 1/8" thick, use the cookies cutters to cut out your scalloped circles and place onto the baking sheet.
Use your M&M’s to make a Flag onto each cookie by filling each cookie with 5 rows, rotating M&M colors to look like a flag.