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Cotton Candy Cookies

This Cotton Candy Cookies recipe is a fun, colorful, and surprisingly sophisticated treat that captures the sweet, airy flavor of cotton candy in a soft, chewy cookie

Ingredients

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  • 1 C salted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 & 1/3 C white sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp cotton candy extract
  • 2 & 1/2 C all-purpose flour, spooned and levelled
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt

 

  • 3 drops pink and blue food colouring

Instructions

  1. Preheat and Prep: Preheat oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. Cream Butter and Sugar: In a large bowl cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  3. Add Egg and Extract: Add in the egg and cotton candy extract and mix till well combined.
  4. Combine Dry Ingredients: In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  5. Combine Wet and Dry: Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix till well combined.
  6. Divide and Color Dough: Divide dough into 2 equal pieces. With one pieces of dough at a few drops of pink food colouring. In the other add a few drops of blue.
  7. Swirl Dough: To swirl the two doughs together rip off parts of each dough and squish them together to form a large ball. Then rip dough ball in half a few more times. Squishing it back together.
  8. Scoop and Bake: Once dough is all mixed together, scoop dough into 3 tbsp balls and place on the lined cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Bake for 12 minutes.
  9. Cool.

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