Easiest Way to Prepare Appetizing Sand Dollar Cookies

Sand Dollar Cookies. Before the military relocated our family, my children had never lived near the ocean. Sand Dollar Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home. To make these sand dollar cookies, I was debating on using my Soft & Thick Snickerdoodle recipe.

Top with five almond slices, arranged in a star shape with the narrow end pointing toward the center of the cookie (so it looks like a sand dollar). While I made these Sand Dollar Cinnamon Sugar Cookies, little miss V was given a little slab of dough all her own to make her own little creations (this dough is PERFECT for those little hands to work with!) Sand Dollar Decorated Cookies for Beach & Nautical Themed Parties. Its a blessing to stumble upon on a Sand Dollar Shell when I walk the shores in Maine, but down here in New York. You can have Sand Dollar Cookies using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sand Dollar Cookies

It's of Cookie Dough :.
You need 1/2 cup (1 stick) of unsalted butter, softened to room temperature.
You need 3/4 cup of granulated sugar.
Prepare 1 of large egg, at room temperature.
Prepare 1 tsp. of vanilla extract.
You need 1 1/2 cup of all purpose flour.
Prepare 1 tsp. of cream of tartar.
Prepare 1 tsp. of baking powder.
It's 1/2 tsp. of baking soda.
Prepare 1/4 tsp. of salt.
You need of Cookie Topping :.
It's 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.
Prepare 1 tsp. of ground cinnamon.
Prepare 1/2 cup of sliced almonds.

Buttery and sweet with a meltaway texture. Perfect with a cup of coffee! These cookies have an old fashioned flair. In this case, we've created homemade cookies in the likeness of sand dollars (you have to have a little imagination here), those delicate shells you've no doubt seen on the beach on one of your.

Sand Dollar Cookies instructions

In a large bowl using either a hand mixer or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream the softened butter on medium speed for a minute or so, until creamy. Then add the 3/4 cup sugar and beat until fluffy and light in color. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Set this aside..
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cream of tartar. With your mixer running on low speed, add the dry ingredients to the wet in 3 parts until it is all incorporated..
Roll the dough into balls, about 1 tbsp. of dough per ball. In a small bowl, whisk together the 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Roll each dough ball into the cinnamon sugar mixture to coat. Then press in 5 almonds slivers per dough ball, as pictured, in a sand dollar design..
Place the dough balls in the fridge to chill for at least 2 hours and up to 48 hours. Once you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a couple large baking trays with either parchment paper or silicone baking mats. When placing the dough balls on the prepared trays, make sure to leave plenty of room between them, about 3 inches. I baked 6 at a time on a half sheet size tray..
Bake for 8-10 minutes. The cookies will appear still very soft and undone. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking trays for 3 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely..
Store these cookies for up to 1 week in a covered container at room temperature..

Sand dollars, like all members of the order Clypeasteroida, possess a rigid skeleton called a test. Remove from oven, and allow cookies to cool on baking sheets. These easy to make Sand Dollar Cookies are a actually a soft and delicious version of almond sugar cookies. Freeze them to have on hand at a moments notice. Sand dollar cookies might just be the easiest cookies you'll ever make.