Grinch Cookies

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and what other way to celebrate than with cookies? Grinch Cookies are delicious cakey sugar cookies with a green hue and a candy sprinkle heart. 

I made these while watching the 2018 version of The Grinch on Netflix- it’s my favorite version.  The music is great and I find it a lot more light hearted than the Jim Carey version which honestly, kind of creeps me out. I love that these cookies are cakey and delicious, and you can flavor them with any type of extract (I’ll give some examples in the recipe card). 

First- we’ll mix our dough. It’s a simple light, airy cookie that will semi harden in the oven on the exterior, but leave you with a soft cakey inside. We will mix the dough, then add the green food coloring. I bought my food coloring off of Amazon in a small pack- *here is a link to the food coloring I used, the color is ‘grass green’. I used about 6 drops to get a light minty color, but you can go as light or as dark as you please. Note that the dough will be darker than the finished cookie- see picture below vs. the finished cookie!

Once you add in the food coloring, mix the dough for about 30-45 seconds, or until it is green throughout.

Once the dough is fully mixed (and the best part of this dough is there is no need to chill it!), use a cookie scooper, roll the cookies into a ball, roll them in sugar, and bake on a cookie sheet for about 10-12 minutes. 

Right when the cookies have finished baking, add a red candy heart (*here are the ones I bought on Amazon) to the cookie, allow to cool, and boom! Grinch cookies are complete in a grand total of about 20 minutes.

If you are looking for other Christmas cookies, here’s a few more of our favorites:

• Loaded Brownie Mix Cookies
• Thick and Chewy Cowboy Cookies
• Cream Wafer Cookies– Use any color frosting for any holiday!
• Double Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sea Salt
• Lofthouse Sugar Cookie Bars
• Peanut Butter Crinkle Cookies

We hope you enjoy these Grinch cookies as much we did!

Grinch Cookies

A delicious green Grinch themed cookie perfect for the holidays1

5 from 16 votes

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes minutes

Servings: 36 cookies

Author: Kathi & Rachel

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup softened butter
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract (or extract of choice)
• 4-6 drops green food coloring (chef's choice to achieve color desired)
• 2 tbsp sugar (to roll cookies in)
• large red heart sprinkles

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees farenheit.
• In a stand mixer (or mixing bowl with electric mixer), combine sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract.
• Add baking powder and salt. Gradually add in flour, 1/2 cup at a time.
• Once dough has formed, add food coloring, and mix until dough is green throughout (about 30-45 seconds).
• On a large baking tray (lined with either parchment, foil and sprayed with nonstick spray), use a cookie scoop to form cookies, then roll into ball, roll through sugar, and place on cookie tray at least 2 inches apart on all sides.
• Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, or until fully cooked through. Right after removing cookies from oven, push large heart sprinle into cookie. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Other Extract Ideas for these Cookies: 

• Lemon
• Coconut
• Almond
• Hazelnut
• Mint
• Butter
• Caramel
• Orange 
• Almond

Nutrition

Calories: 518kcal | Carbohydrates: 95g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 502mg | Potassium: 278mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 54g | Vitamin A: 394IU | Calcium: 106mg | Iron: 3mg

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