Jello Cookies
Today my sweet baby actually turns 2. We had her party over the weekend but today the Hubs and I are going to take her out to dinner (no one get excited, I know she’s only 2 – we’re talking McDonald’s or Chick-Fil-A) where she can have her all time favorite of chicken nuggets and then run around on the playground for awhile.
Since I made the Jello Cupcakes for the party, I decided I would do something small for dessert tonight and decided I would stick with the Jello theme.
JELLO COOKIES
INGREDIENTS:
3 & 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 & 1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 packages (3 ounces) Jello Gelatin – any flavor
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, beat the butter until it is creamy. Add the sugar and beat until combined – should be kinda fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla just until moistened. Add the baking powder and then beat in the flour 1 cup at a time until a soft dough forms. Separate the dough into 3 portions.
On a floured surface, sprinkle 2 tablespoons of one of the jello flavors into one portion of the dough. Knead your dough until the Jello is combined – I added 1 tablespoon at a time of the Jello. Pour remaining Jello into a small bowl.
Shape the dough into 1/2 tablespoon size balls. Coat the balls in the remaining Jello powder. Place on your cookie sheet and then flatten with the bottom of a bowl.
Bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool on the pan for 2 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat the steps with the remaining dough and Jello packages.
NOTES:
*This recipe made 3-4 dozen cookies.
*The Jello flavors I used were Strawberry, Berry Blue & Passion Fruit – I did not add any food coloring to any of the dough
RECIPE INSPIRED BY: I {heart} Naptime
@Patricia- I was really happy with the colors of the cookies! When I made the Jello Cupcakes for my daughter’s birthday the color was hardly noticeable, I had to add alot of food coloring so I was figuring I would have light colored cookies too and I didn’t have food coloring to match! But they turned out so bright!
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I’ve had a recipe like this forever, but I’ve never tried it. They come out so bright and pretty!
@Diane- I loved the color of the cookies! I was surprised they came out so vibrant without having to use any food coloring!
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What a hoot… the color is so cool. Thanks for sharing on foodie friday.
@Kaylee – Wow, Thank you for the feature!! I look forward to linking up more recipes!
Hope you had a great weekend!
@Laura – I had never had cookies made with Jello before this but they were really good and PJ loved them!
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You are being featured at Mealtime Monday this week! Hope you will come back and link up again too!
This recipe reminds me of a cookie my Mama made when I was a little girl – yum! 🙂