Watermeloncookiestheeasymethod Recipes

WATERMELON COOKIE

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a small mixing bowl.
• Beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Stir in egg, milk, and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture, mixing well. Add a small amount of red food coloring to color dough as desired, beating until blended. Shape dough into a ball; cover and chill at least 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Divide dough in half; store one portion in refrigerator. Roll remaining portion to 1/4 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut dough with a 3-inch round cookie cutter; cut circle in half. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Press several chocolate mini chocolate chips in each cookie. Repeat with remaining dough.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes (do not brown). Cool on wire racks.
• Make frosting: Combine powdered sugar and water, mixing until smooth. Add a small amount of green food coloring, mixing until blended. Dip round edge of each cookie in green frosting, and place cookie on wax paper until frosting is firm.

WATERMELON COOKIES - THE EASY METHOD

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.

WATERMELON COOKIES

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.

CREAMY AND RICH WATERMELON SMOOTHIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Cut the watermelon into small chunks of about 1/2 inch square. This size will be easier to blend into the smoothie. Reserve a few wedges, rind included, for the garnish.
• Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Place the fresh-cut watermelon on the cookie sheet, leaving space between the pieces. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 1 hour. If preparing the watermelon in advance for smoothies later in the week, once frozen, transfer to plastic storage bags and freeze in 3-cup portions until ready to use.
• Once frozen, measure 3 cups of frozen watermelon and place in a blender . Top the fruit with milk, yogurt, and maple syrup. Blend until smooth.
• Serve the watermelon smoothies immediately in chilled glasses . Garnish with a wedge of watermelon and fresh mint, if desired.

WATERMELON 'CAKE'

Steps:

• Cut 2-inch-thick slice from both ends of watermelon; discard trimmed slices. Stand watermelon on cutting board. Starting at top of melon, use long thin sharp knife to carefully cut between rind and fruit all around watermelon to separate rind from fruit. Remove and discard rind.
• Pat melon with paper towels to dry; place on platter. Frost with COOL WHIP.
• Decorate with remaining ingredients to resemble photo.