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Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

These Watermelon Sugar Cookies are absolutely darling and fun to create for any occasion. Grab the free printable tags below – perfect for gift giving and summer celebrations!

Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

Sweet treats don’t get much cuter than these adorable sugar cookie watermelons! They would be great to make for summer festivities or picnics.

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Sugar cookie dough is super versatile and easy to make with only a few ingredients from the grocery store. Start simple ingredients like with butter, granulated sugar and all purpose flour.

Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

Be sure to set aside enough time to decorate these cookies, you may even want to spread it over a few days. When adding details it’s important to wait until the layer of flooded icing is completely dry otherwise the icing may crack and the colors will bleed.

Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

Before you get started make sure that you have everything that you need to make and decorate these cookies. I found our cookie cutters and icing bottles at Michaels but you can also order them from Amazon below.

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Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

This is my grandma’s sugar cookie recipe – time tested and delicious. The only thing that I have changed over the years is swapped out shortening for butter.

How to make watermelon sugar cookies:

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 large egg
  • 4 Tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Tip: Pre-made Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough can be used to create these cookies as well. Simply add 1/4 cup of flour to the dough, combine well and roll as directed. I love quick mom hacks like this!

Valentine Sugar Cookie Bar Process

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

sugar cookie process

2. In a large bowl with electric mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, combine dry ingredients. Add butter, egg, milk and extract. Mix on medium speed until a soft dough forms.

sugar cookie process

3. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least one hour. This helps to prevent the dough from spreading when baked.

sugar cookie process

4. Dust your surface with flour and use a rolling pin to roll the dough to 1/4″ thickness.

5. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes from the dough. Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet.

Watermelon Sugar Cookie Process

6. Bake until the cookies are lightly brown around the edges, about 7 minutes.

7. Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool.

This recipe will make about 70 semi circle shaped cookies.

Easy Royal Icing Recipe Process

Use my Easy Royal Icing Recipe to make the best icing for these cookies! You will need to create light green, dark green, red and white icing to decorate these cookies.

Royal icing tips:

  • If the icing is too hard, add more water one drop at a time.
  • If the icing is too soft, add more powdered sugar one teaspoon at a time.
  • Icing can be stored at room temperature in a an airtight container for up to two weeks.
  • To use, mix the royal icing with a hand mixer so that it becomes smooth and shiny again.
  • Flood consistency is reached when a spoonful dropped onto a flat surface takes 15-20 seconds to become completely smooth.
Watermelon Sugar Cookie Process

These instructions will show you how to decorate watermelon cookies like these ones but have fun with this process! You could change up the colors or design for a totally different look.

How to decorate watermelon sugar cookies:

Watermelon Sugar Cookie Process

1. Outline each cookie with a line of red icing, leaving a space at the rounded top.

Watermelon Sugar Cookie Process

2. Flood the center of each cookie with icing. Use a toothpick or scribe to coax icing into corners or spaces.

Watermelon Sugar Cookie Process

3. Allow the red icing to dry for a few minutes before moving on.

Watermelon Sugar Cookie Process

4. Use the dark green icing to line the top curve of the cookie.

Watermelon Sugar Cookie Process

5. Fill the space between red and dark green with a line of light green icing.

Watermelon Sugar Cookie Process
Watermelon Sugar Cookie Process

6. Allow the icing on the cookies to dry before moving on to the next step. This will take a minimum of two hours. Draw seeds onto each cookie using a black food marker.

Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

Allow the icing to completely harden for at least four hours before packaging or storing the cookies. These look amazing wrapped in cellophane and tied up with a bit of twine.

Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

Add my free printable gift tag and voila! You have a lovely gift to give to someone special.

Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

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Some of my baking essentials:

Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags
Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

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Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

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Watermelon Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

Watermelon Sugar Cookies

Yield: 70
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 7 minutes
Additional Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 27 minutes

These Watermelon Sugar Cookies are absolutely darling and fun to create for any occasion. Grab the free printable tags - perfect for gift giving and summer celebrations!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 large egg
  • 4 Tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

1. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

2. In a large bowl with an electric mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, combine dry ingredients. Add butter, egg, milk and extract. Mix on medium speed until a soft dough forms.

3. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least one hour. This helps to prevent the dough from spreading when baked.

4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

5. Dust your surface with flour and use a rolling pin to roll the dough to 1/4" thickness on the floured surface.

6. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes from the dough. Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet.

7. Bake until the cookies are lightly brown around the edges, about 7 minutes.

8. Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool before decorating with royal icing.

Notes

Use the step by step instructions in the blog post to decorate the cookies.

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 70 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 37Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 38mgCarbohydrates: 6gFiber: 0gSugar: 3gProtein: 1g

All values are approximate and based on ingredients used by the recipe writer. Always calculate your own individual nutritional values for the most accurate calculation.

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