DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT COOKIES.
/Get baking and make these fun dinosaur footprint biscuits. These tasty sugar cookies are the ideal recipe for making with the kids and bound to put a smile on their faces.
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Dinosaur Footprint Fossil Cookies.
These dinosaur footprint cookies could not be simpler to make. If you’re looking for a kid-friendly activity to keep the little ones occupied I can wholeheartedly recommend them.
I don’t normally post kids’ crafts or activities but we had so much fun making these biscuits I couldn’t resist. Now that we’re spending a lot more time at home I’m always on the lookout for fun things to keep my three-year-old entertained and these biscuits kept him busy for at least half an hour.
He loved stomping his favourite dinosaurs around in the dough so if you’ve got a dinosaur lover in your house I think you’ll be onto a winner with these.
To make these dinosaur fossil footprints I used my foolproof sugar cookie dough recipe. It never fails. It makes a nice soft dough that is perfect for making footprint shapes holes.
You could use a premade cookie dough but I recommend using a sugar cookie dough if you can. The great thing about sugar cookie dough is that it doesn’t spread as it bakes. It holds its shape and doesn’t lose any details making it the ideal choice to cut into shapes or press pretty vintage glasses into.
This recipe makes a medium-soft cookie but you can make them thinner or bake them longer if you prefer a crisper cookie. They only take 8-10 minutes to bake so just be careful not to burn them.
Ingredients:
Unsalted Butter
Caster Sugar
Eggs
Plain Flour
Supplies:
How to make dinosaur footprint cookies.
Roll your dough out (about 1/2 inch thick) onto a lightly floured work surface
Cut out small circles. I used a small round cookie cutter and made 24 cookies. Depending on how big you want to make them you could use a glass or jar to make your circles.
Press (or stomp) the dinosaur into each cookie to form a footprint (make sure to clean your dinosaurs in soapy water first).
Once your cookie has been stomped transfer to a greased baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.
These fossil footprint cookies are such a fun take on the standard sugar cookie and were so much fun to make. They’re a great way of combining baking and playtime.
We’re big fans of dinosaurs here but if you haven’t got any dinosaur crazy kids at home you could use other animal toys, insects or shells to make your own version of these fossil cookies.
They’re perfect for birthday parties or an afternoon treat with a glass of milk.
Dinosaur Footprint Cookies
Ingredients:
- 100g/3½oz unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
- 100g/3½oz caster sugar
- 1 medium free-range egg, lightly beaten
- 275g/10oz plain flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5.
- Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
- Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract, a little at a time, until combined.
- Stir in the flour until the mixture comes together as a dough.
- Roll the dough out on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of 1cm/½in.
- Cut out circles with a cookie cutter.
- Using a toy dinosaur, push the foot into the biscuit dough to make a footprint.
- Carefully place onto the baking tray.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until pale golden-brown.
- Set aside to harden for 5 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.
Calories
61.11Fat (grams)
1.73Sat. Fat (grams)
0.97Carbs (grams)
9.64Fiber (grams)
0.32Net carbs
9.32Sugar (grams)
0.65Protein (grams)
1.47Sodium (milligrams)
3.06Cholesterol (grams)
10.63
