Soft and chewy classic chocolate chip cookies with a fun Earth day themed twist. The cookies are made green and blue with food coloring, and rolled in a delicious cinnamon sugar mixture, giving them a classic snickerdoodle flavor. Everyone will love these easy chewy cookies this Earth day.
The cookie dough is made like a classic chocolate chip cookie dough, then it is divided into two bowls. One is mixed green food coloring and one is mixed with blue. Mix chocolate chips into each cookie dough. Take a small amount of cookie dough from each bowl, and roll together into balls. Roll each one in a mixture of granulated sugar and ground cinnamon. Place the cookies onto a large ungreased baking sheet. Bake until they are fully cooked through.
Earth Day Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- green and blue food coloring
- 1 cup chocolate chips, divided
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. In a large bowl, mix together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until fluffy. Add in the egg and vanilla extract, and mix until smooth.
- Add in the flour mixture, mix until it is fully combined. Divide the cookie dough into two bowls. Mix green food coloring into one bowl and blue in the other. Mix 1/2 cup chocolate chips into each cookie dough.
- In a shallow dish, combine granulated sugar and ground cinnamon. Take a small amount of each cookie dough from each bowl and roll together into balls. Roll each one in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place the cookies onto a large ungreased baking sheet at least 2-inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
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