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Shark cookies on a baking cooling rack with blue icing and a gummy shark.
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Shark Cookies

These bright blue Shark Cookies are the perfect last-minute party dessert! Homemade sugar cookies and buttercream frosting - YUM!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time11 minutes
Total Time31 minutes
Course: Dessert
Keyword: shark cookies
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 296kcal

Equipment

  • Piping Bag
  • Mixing Bowl
  • Baking Tray

Ingredients

Sugar Cookies

  • 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 cups Granulated Sugar
  • 1 cup Unsalted Butter
  • 1 large Egg
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 2 tsp Vanilla

Buttercream Frosting

  • 3 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • Blue Gel Food Coloring
  • Teal Gel Food Coloring
  • 24 Gummy Sharks

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
    sugar cookie dough mixed in a bowl
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat together 1 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
    bowl of butter mixed in a mixing bowl
  • Add egg, egg yolk, and 2 tsp. vanilla, mix well.
  • Slowly add flour mixture, mixing as you go. If dough becomes too thick, use cookie dough beaters or fold the mixture together until everything is incorporated.
  • Use a 1.5 inch cookie scoop to scoop the cookies onto the lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
    raw sugar cookie dough balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake for 9-11 minutes, until edges of cookies are golden brown.
  • Allow the cookies to cool slightly, then move them to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
    cookies on a baking cooling rack
  • For the frosting, beat 1 cup of butter, until smooth.
  • Mix in salt, and 1 tsp. Vanilla.
  • Slowly add powdered sugar, mixing to combine.
    bowl of white icing
  • Divide the frosting mixture in half into two separate bowls.
  • To the first bowl, add 3-4 drops of blue food coloring. Mix well.
    bowl of light blue icing
  • To the second bowl, add 3-4 drops of teal food coloring and mix well.
    light green icing
  • To combine the frostings together, lay out two pieces of plastic wrap.
  • Add the blue frosting to one and the teal frosting to the other.
  • Wrap up the frostings inside the plastic wrap, twisting the ends.
    blue and light green icing wrapped individually in plastic wrap with the ends twisted shut.
  • Snip off one of the twisted ends of the wrap.
  • To a piping bag with a 4B star tip, add both colors, with the end you cut towards the bottom near the piping tip.
    blue and light green icing wrapped individually in plastic wrapped and placed in an icing bag with a star tip.
  • Gently squeeze the bag with even pressure so that the colors come out together.
  • Add frosting to your cookies, and top with a gummy shark.
    sugar cookie with swirled blue icing.

Nutrition

Calories: 296kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 113mg | Potassium: 32mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 495IU | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg