Firecracker Bites Patriotic Cookies
Cute little red, white, and blue cookies perfect for the 4th of July or any summer party.
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 151kcal
Ingredients
Dough
- ½ cup sugar
- 5 tbsp butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- 1 ½ cup flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- red food coloring
- blue food coloring
Frosting
- 5 tbsp cream cheese softened
- 3 tbsp butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cup powdered sugar
- Patriotic Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and grease mini muffin pan with butter
- In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and butter with a hand mixer until light and fluffy½ cup sugar, 5 tbsp butter
- Mix in egg and vanilla1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Mix in flour, salt, and baking powder¾ tsp baking powder, 1 ½ cup flour, ¼ tsp salt
- Separate dough into two parts. Mix blue food coloring in one and red in the otherred food coloring, blue food coloring
- Mix both colors of dough together and form into small bouncy ball sized balls
- Press each dough ball slightly into the bottom of each muffin mold
- Bake for 10 mins
- Right out of the oven, press center of cookies to create an indent and let cool
- While your cookies are cooling, mix together butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar until you have a thick creamy frosting5 tbsp cream cheese, 3 tbsp butter, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 3 cup powdered sugar
- Scoop frosting into a piping bag and cut off tip
- Frost the center of the cookies using a swirled motion
- Top with blue and white star sprinkles and enjoyPatriotic Sprinkles
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Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 151kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 67mg | Potassium: 30mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 167IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.4mg