If you need a fun and colorful dessert for a picnic or cookout, try these delicious watermelon cookies! This is a simple sugar cookie dough that’s been dotted with miniature chocolate chips, then rolled in a colored glaze to finish them off.
I’ve actually made these many times and published them on Familycorner.com, a website I used to own, several years ago. I did adapt the recipe a little bit over the years though. I made them again just the other day and they were polished off in no time. Here’s the step by step instructions.
Just a quick note. These cookies only look like little watermelon slices, they do not taste like watermelon. Apparently, watermelon extract is available, but I’m not sure that’s something I would care for in a cookie. ;)
Cut out circles with a cookie cutter or biscuit cutter.
Use a dough scraper or a sharp knife to cut each circle in half. Place the halves on the baking sheet, about 1″ apart.
Gently press miniature semi sweet morsels into each semicircle.
Bake for 6-8 minutes, checking after 6 minutes (mine were perfect in 7 minutes). Cookies will be slightly puffed but not browned.
Place cookies on cooling racks, excess glaze will drip through onto the wax paper. Wait for glaze to set before moving the cookies.
If you are crafty, try my Watermelon Picnic Caddy on Crafts by Amanda! And don’t miss our delicious Watermelon Poke Cupcakes!
Watermelon Cookies
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Print It Rate ItIngredients
Sugar Cookie Dough
- 3 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cold unsalted butter cut into 1/2 tablespoon slices
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 drops red food coloring
Plus
- 1 cup miniature semi sweet morsels
Glaze
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- 2-3 tablespoons milk
- green paste food coloring OR 15-20 drops green food coloring
Before You Begin
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- Add butter slices, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and red food coloring to your mixer's bowl. Beat on medium speed until incorporated. Don't be concerned if there are small lumps of butter still visible. Turn mixer down to low and gradually add flour mixture. Mix until incorporated and no traces of flour are left. Gather all the dough together using a sturdy rubber spatula.
- Remove dough from bowl and separate into two batches. Place one batch between 2 sheets of parchment paper and roll out to about 1/4" thick. Repeat with the other batch. Chill in the refrigerator for two hours.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and have insulated baking sheets ready.
- Remove one batch of rolled dough from the refrigerator. Cut out circles with a cookie cutter or biscuit cutter.
- Use a dough scraper or a sharp knife to cut each circle in half. Place the halves on the baking sheet, about 1" apart.
- Gently press miniature semi sweet morsels into each semicircle.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes, checking after 6 minutes (mine were perfect in 7 minutes). Cookies will be slightly puffed but not browned. Do not allow cookies to get too brown or you'll have dry crumbly cookies. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes. Remove to wire cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
- For each batch of cookie dough, after cutting out the circles, gather the scraps together and reroll them, place back in the refrigerator. Repeat until all dough has been used.
For the Glaze
- In a small bowl, mix together all ingredients to form a glaze. You may add drops of milk to thin glaze if it is too thick.
- Cover counter with wax paper and place cooling racks over the wax paper to catch drips. To decorate the cookies, roll the round end of the cookie in the glaze, allow excess to drip off into bowl.
- Place cookies on cooling racks, excess glaze will drip through onto the wax paper. Wait for glaze to set before moving the cookies.
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Lanie Ree says
And I featured this too!
http://lanieree.blogspot.com/2010/06/featuring-you.html
the lovely paper blog says
i love those!! so cute and i must make them! thanks for the idea:)
Cheryl says
Ahhhhh – These are so cute!! Stopping by from Fun To Craft. Would love for you to link your projects to my next Craftastic Monday party:)
jennoreilly says
SO adorable!!! I hopped over from TidyMom, I'm going to check out the caddy next!!!
Lanie Ree says
Oh heck yes! I love both of your blogs so much.
Thank you for participating in the Craft Therapy Session with Life in the Pitts
creativejewishmom says
Amazing Amanda! thanks for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday….great to have you, thanks so much for being a regular, I really appreciate it!
Brianna! says
Oh my goodness
these are absolutely precious
and I want to make them NOW
and have a picnic!!
thanks for sharing!
xoxo
bB
Megan says
Cute! Almost too cute to eat. I'm saving this recipe so my daughter and I can make these for the next family gathering…thanks for sharing!
5 Star Foodie says
Wow, such beauties! They look truly amazing!
anne maskell says
you have such great ideas! I absolutely love your blog, and I'm your newest follower! I followed you home from somewhat simple.
Helby says
This is adorable! I'm definitely making these. Happy summer!
Donene says
These are adorable and look so summery! I think I will have to try these!
Amanda says
Oh I just realized what you probably though was wasted. Did you think that the scraps of dough that were missed by the cookie cutter were wasted? They weren't. Reroll, refrigerate, recut. I even used the very last bit and formed it into a circle.
Amanda says
Anonymous – easier, maybe :) but definitely not as pretty. :) As for less waste, that comment confuses me. I had no waste with this recipe. What were you referring to?
Anonymous says
it would be so much easier to roll the dough into a log and glaze it, then slice into little watermelon rounds and cut those in half… less waste, more cookies :D or you could wrap around a layer of green cookie dough before slicing
Jennifer Juniper says
THese are so cute! Perfect for a picnic :)
Kara@ Creations by Kara says
I love this idea. All the others I've seen are wrapped in green dough to make the rind. This looks so much easier. Thanks for sharing!
Julie @ Willow Bird Baking says
These are just adorable!!
cookies and cups says
These cookies are so great!!!
Suzy says
Definitely "too cute". My hubby hates watermelon but he might eat these!