Get ready to party with our sombrero sugar cookies for Cinco De Mayo! Chocolaty candy dots and gum dots make ordinary sugar cookies transform into beautiful sombreros fit for a fiesta. The cookies are soft and will melt in your mouth. Try adding a teaspoon of almond extract for a slightly different tasting cookie. These cookies go fast so don’t hesitate to try them!

Recipe Time

25 to 35 min

Difficulty

Beginner

Servings

34 to 36 Servings

Ingredients:

Makes 36 Cookies

1 c. Salted Butter, Softened
1 c. Sugar
2 t. Baking Powder
1 t. Vanilla Extract
1 Egg
3 c. Unbleached Flour
Yellow Food Coloring
White Decorating Frosting
Candy Dots
Dots

Step

Preheat oven to 350 ℉. Grease a cookie sheet and set aside.

Step

In a medium bowl, cream butter, sugar, vanilla, and yellow food coloring together. Add enough drops of food coloring to achieve a bright yellow cookie dough.

Step

Beat in egg until combined. Add flour in three additions. Mixing with each cup you add.

Step

Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.

Step

Sprinkle cutting board with flour.

Step

Roll dough ½ inch thick and use round cookie cutter to cut out circles.

Step

Place cookies on baking sheet and bake for 7-8 minutes. Allow cookies to cool.

Step

Once the cookies have cooled, use the frosting can to put a pretty border around the outer edge of the cookie.

Step

Sprinkle the bright candy dots over the frosting border for the rim of the sombrero.

Step

Place a small dot of frosting on the bottom of a gum dot and place in the center of each sombrero.

Aren’t these cookies adorable? I love how colorful the candy dots and gum dots make them. Just perfect for Cinco De Mayo! I just had to fill these mini cactus cups with milk too!

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