Froggy Sugar Cookies
These lip-smacking good froggy cookies will be your child's favorite animal snack. Sugar cookies with green cream cheese frosting, finished with pretzel legs and candy eyes. Fun to make and even more fun to eat!
Equipment
- Oven
- 2 Medium Mixing Bowls
- Parchment Paper
- Baking Tray
- Measuring Cups & Spoons
- Spatula, Whisk and Spoons
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 cup Softened Butter
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/2 cups White Sugar
Topping
- Green Food Coloring
- 1 container Cream Cheese Frosting
- Small Pretzel Twists
- Small Candies for Eyes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl.
- In another bowl mix the butter, egg, and vanilla until the mixture is consistent throughout.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix together.
- Place a teaspoon full of the cookie dough on a parchment lined cookie sheet. The cookie dough will be slightly larger than a quarter, making a small sugar cookie. Place about three spoonfuls to a row, depending on the size of the cookie sheet.
- Bake the cookies at 375° for 8–10 minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown.
- Let cookies cool.
- Open the frosting and add a few drops of food coloring to the frosting cup. Frost the top and bottom of each cookie.
- Before the frosting dries, put one pretzel on the bottom of the cookie and two eyes on the front. Allow the frosting to attach to the pretzel.
- Enjoy your cookies!