These spring blossom cookies are soft sugar cookies that are coated with coloured sanding sugar and topped with a chocolate candy. So perfect for spring!
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🌷Cookies for Spring
These spring blossom cookies are so colourful and fun! Most blossom cookies have peanut butter in them, but I made these like a sugar cookie, similar to this recipe. They are soft and chewy and look great on a cookie tray.
I purchased the coloured sanding sugar from a bulk food retailer store. You can also make your own coloured sugar like I did in this recipe with coloured coconut! You can also pick whichever sanding sugar colours you like. No need to stick with the exact ones I used.
I used milk chocolate Hershey kisses but white chocolate ones would be really great (I couldn't find any). Or use whichever Hershey kisses you prefer! These cookies will be a bit hit whichever way you make them!
🥘Ingredients
Ingredient Notes
- Unsalted butter - You can substitute with salted butter. Omit the extra butter in the recipe.
- Milk - I like to use full milk in my baking recipes. I don't recommend using a lower fat milk than 2% milk.
- Hershey Kisses - I used milk chocolate. Use whichever flavour is your favourite!
- Sanding sugar - Use whichever colours you prefer.
🔪Instructions
To make the cookies, whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together until well combined. Mix for at least 2 minutes. Add egg, vanilla, and milk, and mix until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Add dry ingredients in, and mix until just combined. Roll out 1" balls of cookie dough, roll in coloured sanding sugar, and place on a parchment lined baking tray. I fit 12 per tray.
Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 10-12 minutes, then remove from oven and let cookies sit for 3 minutes. Then add a Hershey Kiss to the middle of each cookie. Press them in lightly.
Transfer cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool to room temperature. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
✔️Expert Tips
- If your cookie dough is too sticky, place it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes before rolling the cookies out.
- Use whichever sanding sugar colours you like the best.
- Make your own coloured sanding sugar. You can use the same method I used to colour coconut in this recipe.
- I used milk chocolate Hershey Kisses in this recipe. Use whichever kind you prefer. White chocolate would be nice!
💭FAQs
You may have to add more flour to your dough. Start with a tablespoon at a time. Alternately you can chill your dough for 20 minutes.
You can make the dough the day before making the cookies. Store it in the refrigerator overnight.
You can freeze the cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature.
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Spring Blossom Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup coloured sanding sugar blue, pink, yellow, and purple
- 30 Hershey Kisses
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together until well combined. Mix for at least 2 minutes.
- Add egg, vanilla, and milk, and mix until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add dry ingredients in, and mix until just combined. Roll out 1" balls of cookie dough, roll in coloured sanding sugar, and place on prepared baking tray. I fit 12 per tray.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, then remove from oven and let cookies sit for 3 minutes. Then add a Hershey Kiss to the middle of each cookie. Press them in lightly.
- Transfer cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool to room temperature. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Notes
- If your cookie dough is too sticky, place it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes before rolling the cookies out.
- Use whichever sanding sugar colours you like the best.
- Make your own coloured sanding sugar. You can use the same method I used to colour coconut in this recipe.
- I used milk chocolate Hershey Kisses in this recipe. Use whichever kind you prefer. White chocolate would be nice!
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