Best 7 Watermelon Cookies Recipes

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Indulge in the delectable Watermelon Cookies, a refreshing treat that captures the essence of summer. These delightful cookies are bursting with watermelon flavor, thanks to the incorporation of real watermelon puree. The vibrant green color and the sweet, juicy taste of watermelon shine through in every bite. The cookies have a soft and chewy texture, with a crispy exterior that provides a delightful contrast. Whether you're looking for a fun and festive cookie for a summer party or a sweet treat to enjoy on a warm afternoon, these Watermelon Cookies are sure to satisfy your cravings. This article features three variations of the recipe: classic Watermelon Cookies, Watermelon Cookies with White Chocolate Chips, and Watermelon Cookies with Pistachios. Each variation offers a unique twist on the original, so you can choose the one that best suits your taste preferences. Get ready to embark on a culinary adventure as you explore the vibrant flavors of watermelon in these tantalizing cookies.

Let's cook with our recipes!

WATERMELON SLICE COOKIES



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Once when I made these butter cookies for a party, a neighbor thought they were so attractive that she froze one to show friends. They're easy to make, too! -Sue Ann Benham, Valparaiso, Indiana

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 35m

Yield about 3 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 10

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

Steps:

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

Nutrition Facts : Calories 82 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 16mg cholesterol, Sodium 52mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

WATERMELON COOKIES



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--Ruth Witmer, Stevens, Pennsylvania

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 40m

Yield 3 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 10

3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Red and green food coloring
Miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Sesame seeds, optional

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Remove 1 cup of dough; set aside. Add enough red food coloring to tint remaining dough deep red. Roll into a 3-1/2-in.-long log; wrap in plastic and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. , Divide the 1 cup of reserved dough into two pieces. To one piece, add enough green food coloring to tint dough deep green. Leave remaining dough plain. Wrap each piece separately in plastic; chill until firm, about 1 hour. , On a floured sheet of waxed paper, roll white dough into a 8-1/2x3-1/2-in. rectangle. Place red dough along short end of rectangle. Roll up and encircle red dough with white dough; set aside. , On floured waxed paper, roll the green dough into a 10x3-1/2-in. rectangle. Place log of red/white dough along the short end of green dough. Roll up and encircle log with green dough. Cover tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight., Unwrap dough and cut into 1/8-in. slices. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Lightly press miniature chocolate chips into each slice to resemble watermelon seeds; if desired, add sesame seeds. , Bake at 375° for 6-8 minutes or until cookies are firm but not brown. While still warm, cut each cookie in half or into pie-shaped wedges. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 81 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 15mg cholesterol, Sodium 52mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

WATERMELON COOKIES



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Cookies that look like slices of watermelon! Much less complicated than they look. Kids love to help with and eat these. Really cute for 4th of July or other summer party. From Pillsbury, I think. I have used mini chocolate chips or chopped chocolate chips rather than chopped baking chocolate; you could probably also use small pieces of raisins for seeds.

Provided by LonghornMama

Categories     Dessert

Time 5h15m

Yield 4 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon green food coloring
3/4 teaspoon red food coloring
1/4 teaspoon yellow food coloring
1 egg white
1 ounce sweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped

Steps:

  • Mix butter and sugar in large bowl. Stir in flour, almond extract, salt and egg.
  • Tint 1/3 of dough with green food color. Tint remaining 2/3 dough with red and yellow food colors. Shape red dough into roll, 2 inches in diameter and 5 1/2 inches long.
  • Gently roll green dough 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured surface into rectangle 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Beat egg white; brush over rectangle.
  • Place red dough on short end of green dough; roll up. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate about 4 hours or until chilled.
  • Heat oven to 400°F.
  • Cut roll into 1/4 inch slices. Cut each slice in half. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle chocolate over slices to resemble seeds. Bake 10-12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 819.5, Fat 50.4, SaturatedFat 31.1, Cholesterol 174.9, Sodium 506, Carbohydrate 83.1, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 29.1, Protein 10.5

WATERMELON COOKIES II



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Sweet tasting watermelon imposters from the kitchen, not the garden. Kids love these!

Provided by Donita

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Refrigerator Cookie Recipes

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 14

6 tablespoons butter
⅓ cup shortening
¾ cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon orange juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
6 drops red food coloring
⅓ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 egg white
1 tablespoon water
¼ cup green decorator sugar

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, butter, and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add egg, vanilla, orange juice, and red food coloring. Mix until well blended. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir into butter mixture until blended. Chill dough in refrigerator for three hours.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  • On a floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with a three inch round cookie cutter. Cut cookies in half and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Press a few chocolate chips into each cookie. Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Do not brown. Remove from baking sheet and cool on a wire rack.
  • In a small shallow bowl, stir together the egg white and water. Brush the round edge of each cookie with the liquid and roll it in the green sugar. Let cookies dry on wire cooling racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 109.8 calories, Carbohydrate 14.4 g, Cholesterol 12.3 mg, Fat 5.4 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 1.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 83.9 mg, Sugar 6.2 g

WATERMELON COOKIES - THE EASY METHOD



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Saw a picture of these cookies in the cookbook "Silly Snacks, Classroom Treats, Cookie Dough Fun" and thought they would be perfect for a barbecue. I've made them and they are tasty and folks think they are fun. Cook time does not include chill time.

Provided by Ducky

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 36 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 (18 ounce) packages refrigerated sugar cookie dough, divided
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, divided
green food coloring
red food coloring
mini chocolate chip

Steps:

  • Remove cookie dough from wrappers and place in separate bowls and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
  • Add 1/4 C flour and green food coloring to 1 bowl.
  • Beat at medium speed until well blended and evenly colored.
  • Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  • Add remaining 1/4 C flour and red food coloring to other bowl and mix at medium speed until well blended and evenly colored.
  • Roll red dough into 9-inch log, then wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  • Remove green dough from plastic wrap, then roll between 2 sheets of wax paper into 9x8-inch rectangle.
  • Remove red dough from plastic wrap and place in center of green dough rectangle.
  • Wrap green dough around red log and press seams together, rolling to smooth out log and seams.
  • Wrap log in plastic wrap and freeze for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Remove log from platic wrap and cut into 3/8-inch thick slices.
  • Cut each slice in half and place on ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart, reshaping as necessary.
  • Press in mini chocolate chips to make watermelon seeds.
  • Bake 8-11 minutes or until set.
  • Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 129.9, Fat 5.9, SaturatedFat 1.5, Cholesterol 8.2, Sodium 119.7, Carbohydrate 18.1, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 6.1, Protein 1.4

WATERMELON COOKIES



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This comes from the book Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke. It can be adapted to your liking by using any flavor of Kool-Aid.

Provided by Annelise Friedman

Categories     Fruit Desserts

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 16 oz pkg watermelon kool-aid powder (don't get the kind with sugar or sugar substitute added.)
1 2/3 c sugar
2 1/2 stick butter, softened
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3 c flour
1/2 c sugar, in a separate bowl

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
  • 2. Mix the watermelon Kool-Aid (or whatever flavor you choose) with the white sugar.
  • 3. Add the softened butter and mix until it's nice and fluffy. Add the eggs and mix well.
  • 4. Mix in the salt and the baking soda. Make sure they're well incorporated. Add the flour in half-cup increments, mixing after each addition.
  • 5. Roll dough balls one inch in diameter with you hands.
  • 6. Roll the cookie balls in the bowl of white sugar and place them on the cookie sheet, 12 to a standard-size sheet.
  • 7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until they are just beginning to tun golden around the edges. Don't over-bake.
  • 8. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets for no more than a minute, and then remove them to a wire rack to cool completely.

WATERMELON SLICE COOKIES



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Number Of Ingredients 10

3/4 cup btter softened ( no substitusions
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
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 rasins
1 teaspoons sesame seeds

Steps:

  • In a mixing bowl, Cram butter and sugar, Beat in egg and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Set aside 1 cup dough. Tint remaining dough red; shape into a 3 1/2 inch diameter log. Wrap in plastic wrap. Tint 1/3 cup of the reserved dough green; wrap in plastic wrap. Wrap remaining plain dough. Refrigeratefor 2 hours or until firm. On a lightly floured surface, roll plain dough into an 1 1/2 inch by 3 1/2 inch rectangle. Place red dough log on the end of a short side of the rectangle; roll up. Roll green dough into a 10 inch by 3 1/2 inch rectangle. Place red and white log on the end of a short side on green dough; roll up. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate overnight. Unwrap and cut into 3/16 inch (just less than 1/4 inch). Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Cut raisins into small pieces. Lightly press raisins ans sesame seeds into red dough to resemble watermelon seeds. Bake at 350 for 9-11 minutes or until firm. Immediately cut in half. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Tips for Making Watermelon Cookies:

  • For the best flavor, use ripe and juicy watermelon.
  • If you don't have a blender, you can mash the watermelon with a fork or potato masher.
  • Be sure to drain the watermelon pulp well before adding it to the batter. This will help prevent the cookies from being too wet.
  • If the dough is too sticky to handle, chill it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before rolling it out.
  • Bake the cookies until they are just set in the center. Overbaking will make them dry and crumbly.
  • Let the cookies cool on a wire rack before serving. This will help them firm up and prevent them from breaking.

Conclusion:

Watermelon cookies are a delicious and refreshing treat that are perfect for summer. They are easy to make and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. So next time you have a watermelon on hand, be sure to give this recipe a try!

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