Description
Soft and chewy turtle sugar cookies colored green and shaped into adorable turtles, perfect for fun baking.
Ingredients
Scale
- ⅔ cup sugar
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 ¾ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Green gel food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- Beat sugar, butter, and vanilla until creamy
- Add egg and mix well
- Add dry ingredients and mix until smooth dough forms
- Add green food coloring and mix evenly
- Roll dough into balls and place on baking sheet
- Press with fork to create shell pattern
- Shape head and feet and attach
- Bake 5–7 minutes until lightly golden
- Cool and draw eyes with edible marker
Notes
- Do not overbake to keep cookies soft
- Chill dough if it becomes sticky
- Use gel food coloring for better color
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 92
- Sugar: 6
- Sodium: 118
- Fat: 4
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 1
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 13
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 1
- Cholesterol: 18