Description
These Cotton Candy Cookies are soft, colorful, and full of sweet carnival flavor, making them a fun easy recipe for birthdays, bake sales, party desserts, and playful food ideas. With pink and blue swirls, a tender sugar cookie texture, and a nostalgic cotton candy taste, they are perfect when you need quick dessert ideas, kid-friendly treats, or a cheerful homemade cookie for any celebration.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cotton candy extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pink gel food coloring
Blue gel food coloring
3/4 cup white chocolate chips
1/3 cup sprinkles
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Mix in the egg, vanilla extract, and cotton candy extract until smooth.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
5. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix just until a soft dough forms.
6. Divide the dough evenly into two bowls. Tint one portion pink and the other portion blue with gel food coloring.
7. Gently fold white chocolate chips and sprinkles into the dough.
8. Take small pieces of pink and blue dough, press them together, and lightly roll into cookie dough balls.
9. Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheets, leaving space between each cookie.
10. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, until the edges are set and the centers still look slightly soft.
11. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Use gel food coloring instead of liquid food coloring so the dough stays thick and easy to shape.
Do not overbake the cookies. Pull them from the oven when the centers still look soft so they stay tender after cooling.
For cleaner swirls, roll the pink and blue dough together gently without overmixing the colors.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 165
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
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