Cotton Candy Animal Cookies

Hello February and hello to our flavor of the month; Cotton Candy Artisan! A flavor this whimsical deserves an extra fun recipe and what is more deserving than tiny chocolate-covered animal cookies?!?⁠ just looking at these cookies will take you down memory lane. 

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup softened unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp. Amoretti® Cotton Candy Artisan Natural Flavor
• 1 tsp. Amoretti® Madagascar Bourbon Water Soluble 2X
• White chocolate candy melts
• Red candy melts
• Rainbow nonpareil sprinkles

Directions

1. Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder and set aside.
2. Cream together butter and sugar until well combined and then add in egg, Vanilla Extract and Cotton Candy Artisan. Mix again until combined, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
3. Slowly add in flour mix until combined.
4. Roll dough into 2 disks, wrap and refrigerate for about 30 min before rolling out.
5. Preheat oven to 350 F.
6. Dust a worksurface with flour and roll dough out to around 1/4 inch.
7. Use miniature animal shaped cookie cutters.
8. Roll dough back up and our as needed.
9. Bake for 7-10 minutes.
10. Let cool on baking sheet for 5-10 minutes before transferring to wire rack.
11. Once cookies are cooled it is time to decorate! Place equal parts of white candy melts into two microwave safe bowls. Place 2-3 red candy melts into one of the bowls. Melt in the microwave.
12. Rotate dipping cookies into the white and pink melts and top with sprinkles.
13. Let harden and enjoy!