Description
These Circus Animal Cookies are a fun and colorful twist on classic sugar cookies, packed with chopped circus animal cookies, white chocolate chips, and topped with rainbow nonpareils for a festive treat perfect for parties or snacking.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 16 ounces refrigerated sugar cookie dough
Mix-ins
- â…” cup chopped circus animal cookies
- â…“ cup white chocolate chips
Topping
- 2 teaspoons rainbow nonpareils
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper to prevent sticking and for easy clean-up.
- Mix Ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, combine the refrigerated sugar cookie dough, chopped circus animal cookies, white chocolate chips, and rainbow nonpareils. Mix thoroughly until all ingredients are evenly distributed.
- Portion Dough: Use a medium cookie scoop to portion out the dough evenly and place each portion onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart to allow for spreading during baking.
- Bake Cookies: Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are just golden brown, indicating they are perfectly baked.
- Cool Cookies: Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies cool on the sheet for 2 minutes to set before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For best results, do not overbake the cookies as they will continue to firm up while cooling off the baking sheet.
- You can substitute white chocolate chips with regular chocolate chips or butterscotch chips if preferred.
- Store baked cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days to maintain freshness.
- Adding rainbow nonpareils before baking helps them stick to the cookie tops and adds a fun decorative look.
