These crocodile sugar cookies are soft and moreish, with a sugary flavour and a lovely vanilla aftertaste.
We had loads of fun making these buttery crocodile biscuits at the weekend.
The dough (a recipe found on Bakerette with minimimal tweaks) is very simple to make and holds its shape well when baked, so it’s perfect for making animal shapes.
We had a crocodile cutter in the cupboard, so that’s what we went for, adding a few drops of green colouring to the mix for effect.
Here’s what to do – makes 20 crocodile sugar cookies.
Ingredients
- 110 g (3.9 oz) slightly salted butter softened
- 100 g (3.5 oz) caster sugar
- 1 medium free range egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2-3 drops of green food colouring gel
- 250 g (8.8 oz) plain flour
- 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- coloured icing pens
Equipment
Instructions
- Beat the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and food colouring until fully combined.
- Mix in the flour, baking powder, salt and bicarbonate of soda until fully combined.
- Cover the bowl with food wrap and chill for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 200C (180C fan-assisted, 400F).
- Work with the dough in four sections, keeping the spare in the fridge as you go.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out to 1cm thick and cut out the crocodile shapes.
- Grease and lightly flour a baking sheet.
- Place the croc cookies on the tray, 1 inch apart and bake for 5 minutes, until the edges just begin to turn brown.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Decorate with icing pens – as you can see, we got a bit carried away!
And that’s it! It’s an easy, fun activity to do with the kids. Are you tempted to give it a try?
Here’s the recipe for these animal sugar cookies again in an easy to print format.
Crocodile sugar cookies
Ingredients
- 110 g (3.9 oz) slightly salted butter softened
- 100 g (3.5 oz) caster sugar
- 1 medium free range egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2-3 drops of green food colouring gel
- 250 g (8.8 oz) plain flour
- 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- coloured icing pens
Instructions
- Beat the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and food colouring until fully combined.
- Mix in the flour, baking powder, salt and bicarbonate of soda until fully combined.
- Cover the bowl with food wrap and chill for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 200C (180C fan-assisted, 400F).
- Work with the dough in four sections, keeping the spare in the fridge as you go.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out to 1cm thick and cut out the crocodile shapes.
- Grease and lightly flour a baking sheet.
- Place the crocodile cookies on the tray, 1 inch apart and bake for 5 minutes, until the edges just begin to turn brown.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Decorate with icing pens – as you can see, we got a bit carried away!
Notes
Nutrition
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Andrea @loveandcake says
Love these, and seeing as Sophie is crazy about crocodiles at the moment they are definitely on our list!