Watermelon Slice Cookies

Name: Watermelon Slice Cookies
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 0 teaspoons baking powder; 177 milliliters butter, softened; 1 egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 36 servings Red and green gel food coloring; 0 teaspoons salt; 79 milliliters miniature semisweet chocolate chips or raisins, chopped; 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, optional; 177 milliliters sugar

Watermelon Slice Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 87 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 36. Head to the store and pick up semisweet chocolate chips, gel food coloring, flour, and a few other things to make it today. It will be a hit at your Summer event. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 35 minutes.

Instructions

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.

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Tint remaining dough red; shape into a 3-1/2-in.-long roll. Wrap in plastic wrap. Tint 1/3 cup of reserved dough green; wrap in plastic wrap. Wrap remaining plain dough. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.

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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.

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Roll green dough into a 10x3-1/2-in. rectangle.

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Place red and plain roll on a short end of the green dough; roll up. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate overnight.

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Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap and cut dough into 3/16-in. slices (just less than 1/4 in.).

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Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. If desired, lightly press chocolate chips into red dough to resemble watermelon seeds.

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Bake 9-11 minutes or until firm. Immediately cut cookies in half.

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Remove to wire racks to cool.

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Servings:

1teaspoons

almond extract 0teaspoons

baking powder 177milliliters

butter, softened 1

egg 473milliliters

all-purpose flour 36servings

Red and green gel food coloring 0teaspoons

salt 79milliliters

miniature semisweet chocolate chips or raisins, chopped 1teaspoon

sesame seeds, optional 177milliliters

sugar

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Weingut Schneider Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Trocken with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 30 dollars per bottle.

Weingut Schneider Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Trocken

Smoky aromas lead into a palate that’s incredibly silky, salty and articulate; cherry blossom and scree in ultra hi-def; a delicate nip of chile-thread on the finish doesn’t obtrude on the cool breezy complexity. I don’t remember a better vintage of this wine.