Anytime is a great time for cookie time, especially when they’re frog cookies! Just ask your kids, they’ll tell you the same thing. But in reality, if you eat too much of anything, you will probably get bored with it. So, to make these cookies extra special and decide on a special time to make your frog cookies.
Holidays are always an excellent choice, like Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Easter. Just change the colors of frosting that you decorate with to fit the holiday. And, of course, birthdays are a good choice too! If those still aren’t enough special occasions for you to make cookies, you can always begin the tradition of making FULL MOON FROG COOKIES. That means you get to make them every full moon! (Don’t forget to make a few round cookies to represent the moon.)
Once you’ve decided when you’re going to make the cookies, make sure that you have all the ingredients and equipment that you will need. For the cookies you will need:
Equipment that you will need include an oven, a cookie sheet, rolling pin, mixing bowl and spoon, measuring spoons and cups, and MOST importantly, frog-shaped cookie cutters!
In a large mixing bowl stir butter and sugar until thoroughly blended, then add the egg and vanilla and beat well. Combine the baking powder with the flour in a separate bowl then gradually add it to the mixture. Chill the dough in the refrigerator (not the freezer!) until firm. This usually means at least 1 hour in the fridge, so you may want to just make up the dough the day before you plan to bake them and chill the dough overnight.
Now we get to the extra fun part! Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4″ thick and use one of your cookie cutters to make a whole bunch of frogs to put on your cookie sheet. Bake in a 400 degree preheated oven for 6-8 minutes.
Remove cookies from sheet and cool down completely before decorating. If you want to make your own decorator’s icing, just mix some powdered sugar with enough milk (or cream) to make it thin, but not runny. Add food coloring, then use a pastry brush to brush it onto the cookies. If you have a pastry bag with tips, you can make frosting and get really creative with your decorating.
The photo below shows a pair of frog cookies made by Froggie (the boss) and her daughter. If you make some frog cookies and they come out looking really good, share your success with other frog lovers and send us a photo with your comments.
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