Make your own copycat version of frosted Mother’s Cookies with this fun Circus Animal Cookies Recipe! They’re SO good!!
The following is a fun Frosted Animal Cookies Copycat Recipe and guest post by Veronica at CookingMorningNooNight… enjoy!!
Circus Animal Cookies Recipe
I recently scored the CUTEST Noah’s Ark Cookie Cutter Set on Amazon! They are literally the size of a wheat thin but I was instantly inspired.
Super cute right? I knew right away I wanted to make a Circus Animal Cookies Recipe, but not just any kind… The Mothers ones with frosting and sprinkles.
These guys were a luxury when we were growing up and now that I’m an adult I secretly buy them from time to time but I could never avoid that waxy taste. C’mon Mothers! I want to eat delicious frosted cookies with crunchy sprinkles… Not a candle.
So here’s my version. With the cookie cutters only costing a couple of dollars and the ability to use store bought frosting you could totally make these today. Enjoy.
Circus Animal Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour plus more for dusting
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- Favorite store-bought vanilla frosting
- Rainbow Nonpareils
Instructions
- In your stand mixer or using your hand mixer, cream together the butter and powdered sugar on medium speed until fluffy.
- Add in the flour and baking powder and mix until combined. If the mixture is a tad crumbly, combine with hands until a ball forms.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the dough is firm enough to roll out. {I went to the movies and ran errands with my son and thawed it slightly when we returned.}
- Line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Flour your work surface, rolling pin and top of dough (cookie cutters included).
- Grab half of the dough and roll out to an 1/8 inch or as thin as you like.
- Cut your cookies out and place on cookie sheets. Continue process until your sheet is filled.
- Once completed stick the sheet in the fridge while you warm up the oven to 300 degrees.
- Once your oven is heated bake the cookies for 12-14 minutes until lightly browned, being careful not to burn.
- Let cool on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes then cool completely on a wire rack. Continue process, in several batches, until all the dough is used.
- After your cookies have cooled completely, separate your frosting into 2 microwave safe containers.
- Dye one with a little red frosting coloring to make the pink and leave the other white.
- Working quickly, microwave one color for 5 seconds until the consistency is runny.
- Dunk your cookies into the frosting with a fork, letting the excess run off and place on your cooling rack, sprinkling with your rainbow nonpareils.
- Alternate between colors, I suggest using up all of the pink before moving on to the white (or vice versa).
- Let frosting harden a tad and I allow cookies to chill in the freezer for a little while also.
- Now consume. Have a circus of a good time with them (minus the scary clowns and strangers).
What You’ll Need for This Circus Animal Cookies Recipe:
Wilton Mini Noah’s Ark Cookie Cutter Set
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So have you tried making this Circus Animal Cookies recipe yet?
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Steph Blythman says
What does a stick of butter weigh. I’m in Australia
Heidi says
Hi Steph ~ a stick of butter weights 1/4 lb, or 4 oz., or 110g
Hope that helps!
Steph says
Thanks Heidi. That helps heaps
Heather says
This is an amazing recipe! I just made it again today, a double batch so I can give some away. Instead of the frosting, I use the pink and white vanilla-flavored candy coating from my craft store. It’s perfect! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe 🙂
margo says
Oh I am trying this!
britt says
Fav frosting.. like cake frosting?? I don’t know what frosting to buy! Help!
Veronica says
Yes! Just a container of vanilla frosting found next to the cake mixes… Any kind works: Duncan Hines, Betty Crocker, etc… Hope this helps 🙂
Veronica says
I probably just wouldn’t suggest using the whipped kind as its hold up and melting may differ!
Korinne says
I love animal circus cookies! Thank you for sharing!