How to make festive dinosaur sugar cookies
Dino-fy your Christmas baking and add a little sparkle with these festive dinosaur sugar cookies. A delicious and simple recipe to make with your little dinosaur fan.
Soft, thick and deliciously buttery sugar cookies that dissolve rather than just break in your mouth.
A hint of sweet vanilla perfume brings back all the best memories.
Fun homemade edible glitter adds just the right amount of crunch and sparkle.
Dinosaur-shaped… and why not?
Dino-fy your Christmas baking with these truly delicious festive dinosaur sugar cookies with homemade edible glitter. This recipe is so simple, it’s great to make with your little dinosaur fan and is guaranteed to quickly become a firm family favourite.
Rex’s recipe rundown
TITLE: Festive dinosaur sugar cookies
FOOD: Simple dinosaur-shaped sugar cookies with homemade edible glitter
DINOSAUR: Any you like, depending on your cookie cutters
BEST FOR: Christmas, New Year’s Eve, birthday parties (guest favours) and any time you want a little festive sparkle
EASE: 5 out of 5 – Our little dinosaur aficionado did all the work
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Why should you make these festive dinosaur sugar cookies?
Simple, fun, festive and absolutely delicious. If that’s not reason enough to make these simple dinosaur sugar cookies, how about the fact that it is a great recipe to make with your little dinosaur fan?
They will want to steal these biscuits from the Christmas cookie plate. You probably will too. Beware the midnight dino munchies! RAWR!
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We almost didn’t share this recipe
We weren’t planning to. But the dinosaur sugar cookies were so cute, we had to share it.
Both parts of these recipes are not originally my own. We’re taking basic recipes and giving them a dinosaur twist. And who doesn’t need sparkly colourful dinosaur cookies for Christmas, Hanukkah or just whenever?
The basic sugar cookie recipe is from Liz at Owl B Baking. Hands down, these are the most delicious sugar cookies I have ever eaten – and I have tried a few. For all the tips about the finer aspects of this recipe, check out Liz’s post.
The only drawback to the recipe is the sheer number of cookies it makes – they did not all fit in our biscuit tin! Perhaps this is an indication that we need to make a new cookie jar – perhaps something along these lines? (I sense another project in the works!)
We made the edible glitter in summer to have on ice cream. Our LDA enjoyed making bath salts using a similar technique and we wanted to try something equally easy.
We didn’t end up using the glitter for our ice cream but it is perfect for turning our simple dinosaur sugar cookies into festive dinosaur sugar cookies. Our LDA chose the colours… Our Weck jars stored our edible glitter perfectly.
Tips for the perfect simple dinosaur sugar cookies
Dinosaur cookie cutters are essential for this recipe (and many of our crafts).
We found a couple of dinosaurs did not really look like dinosaurs if they weren’t iced (our Triceratops looked particularly odd, and one might be a Dimetrodon an not a dinosaur). Some of the tails and necks were also too skinny and tended to break.
This set of dinosaur cookie cutters looks like it would serve the purpose much better than the set we have.
A rolling pin with thickness rings is also extremely useful for making these simple dinosaur sugar cookies. It helps ensure all the biscuits are evenly sized – for even baking – and helps with a more even spread of the edible glitter, too.
If you have enough space, it’s useful to have at least 4 baking trays. You can prepare the next two trays while the first two are in the oven.
We ended up with 7 trays worth of biscuits (which is why they don’t all fit in our biscuit barrel).
Make some of these delicious festive dinosaur sugar cookies
If you’re looking for a way to dino-fy your Christmas baking (or make your dinosaur baking more festive), try these festive dinosaur sugar cookies with edible glitter. They are simple and absolutely delicious and your little dinosaur fan will definitely enjoy making and decorating them.
But beware the midnight munchies.
What colours will you choose? What dinosaur will you use? Happy baking!
Festive dinosaur sugar cookies
Dino-fy your festive baking with these dinosaur sugar cookies with homemade edible glitter. Simple and delicious!
Ingredients
- For the edible glitter (for each colour)
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 tsp food colouring
- For the sugar cookies
- 300g unsalted butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 3 cups plain flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
For the edible glitter
- Preheat the oven to 180°c and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Pour the sugar and food colouring into a bowl and stir with a spoon until all the sugar is coated with the food colouring. Alternatively, put the sugar and food colouring into a small jar with a tight-fitting lid and shake the jar until thoroughly combined and all the sugar has some food colouring on it.
- Spread the sugar on the baking tray in a thin layer and bake for 5 to 10 minutes or until the sugar starts to glisten.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before using.
For the sugar cookies
- Preheat the oven to 160°c. Line baking trays with baking paper.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy using a hand mixer. Add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla and beat until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt and stir with a whisk to cobmine.
- Pour approximately 1/3 of the flour mixture into the butter mixture and gently mix on low speed until the flour is just absorbed. Repeat with the next 1/3 of the flour mix. Add the remainder of the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Scrape the sides and the bottom of the bowl while mixing to ensure all the flour is combined. Try not to overmix.
- Dust your work surface and rolling pin with flour. Take approximately 1/4 of the dough and roll it out until it is 5mm thick. Use your favourite dinosaur cookie cutters to cut out your cookies. Transfer them carefully to your baking trays.
- Sprinkle your cookies with your edible glitter.
- Bake for 10-13 minutes or until the cookies just start to turn golden around the edges.
- Allow to cool on the trayfor a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Emjoy!
Notes
Store any leftover edible glitter in a jar with a tightly sealed lid.
Use an offset spatula when transferring your cookies to and from the baking trays. Take special care with the dinosaur necks and tails.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 55 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 87Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 19mgSodium 39mgCarbohydrates 10gFiber 0gSugar 5gProtein 1g
Nutrition information is a guide only as it will depend on the specific products and brands you choose to use for this recipe.
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