Description
Soft, chewy cookies flavored and colored like cotton candy.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup milk
- Pink and blue cotton candy flavoring oil (or extract)
- Pink and blue food coloring gel
- 1/2 cup sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined.
- Divide the dough in half. Mix pink flavoring oil and a few drops of pink food coloring into one half. Mix blue flavoring oil and a few drops of blue food coloring into the second half.
- For a marbled effect, scoop small, alternating amounts of pink and blue dough together to form balls. Roll gently in your hands.
- Place dough balls about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, or until the edges are set. Do not overbake.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Use flavoring oils for a stronger cotton candy taste.
- If you do not have two colors, make the entire batch one color.
- Store cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 11 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 15
- Sodium: 75
- Fat: 9
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 4
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 23
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 30
Keywords: cotton candy cookies, pink cookies, blue cookies, sweet cookies, vanilla cookies, fun dessert