Firecracker Pop Rocks Cookies
Author: Ashley
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 2 dozen
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 large egg
- 11/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 cups powdered/confectioner sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoon milk
- Red and/or blue Pop Rocks
- In the bowl of a mixer, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy.
- Mix in egg and then the vanilla extract, scraping the sides of the bowl.
- Whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder in a separate mixing bowl.
- In small increments, add this to the butter/sugar mixture and mix on low until incorporated.
- Chill the dough for at an hour or more.
- When dough is chilled, preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Roll out dough to your preferred thickness and cut out with a circular cookie cutter (or star-shaped would be super fun!).
- Don't make them too thin or they will get hard when baking.
- Place the cookies on a parchment-lined or silicone mat lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until just golden around the edges. Check at 8 minutes.
- Remove from oven. Let cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to a wire cooling rack.
- In the bowl of a mixer, cream sugar, butter, vanilla together until light and fluffy.
- Add milk a little at a time until frosting is spreadable.
- Spread on cookies.
- Decorate with red/blue pop rocks.
- Enjoy!
Recipe by Wishes and Dishes at https://wishesndishes.com/firecracker-pop-rocks-cookies/
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