Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! We're celebrating his birthday with Green Eggs and Ham cookies recipe. Do you like green eggs and ham? I do not like them, Sam-I-Am. I do not like green eggs and ham.
Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham Cookies Recipe
I remember reading Dr. Seuss books like Green Eggs and Ham to my kids when they were little. I miss the good ol' days. However, we can still celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday by making some Green Eggs and Ham cookies with the grandkids and then reading them the book afterwards while eating them. 🙂
Would you like them here or there?
In addition be sure to stay tuned for more Dr. Seuss recipes coming up like the Lorax cupcakes, Oh the Places We'll Go cupcakes, One Fish, Two Fish Kettle Corn, Red Fish, Blue Fish Cookies and Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat treats.
Cookie Ingredients:
- 3 C flour
- tsp baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- One Cup soft unsalted butter
- 1 C granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- Cookie Cutter: Circle
Icing Ingredients:
- 4 egg whites
- 2 C powder sugar
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 disposable piping bags with #2 tips
- 2 squeeze bottles
- Green gel color
- Black edible marker
How to make Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham Cookies:
Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl. Add eggs...Continue to mix, then add in the vanilla. Continue mixing. Sift the four, baking soda, and salt together. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended. Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball. Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit. Put flour out on the cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into the batter. (if needed).
Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using the cookie cutter begin to make your cookies. Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper. Using a metal spatula move the cut cookies to the parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes. Check to see if the cookies are thoroughly baked. Finally, take the cookies off of the cookie sheet and put on a wire rack to cool completely. (About 10 minutes).
Green Eggs and Ham Icing Directions:
Combine all ingredients except the colors into a standing mixing bowl. After that mix on medium speed onto stiff peaks form. Split into 2 bowls. Leave one bowl white and add the green gel coloring to the second bowl.
Scoop some of the icings into the 2 disposable bags. Add in 1 teaspoon of water to thin it out the remaining icing in the bowls. Pour the icing into the squeeze bottles.
Take the cookie and white icing in the bag and pipe out the egg shape on the cookie. After that Fill in with the thin white icing. Let sit for 3 hours. Pipe a small circle with the green icing into the center of the cookie. Fill in the circle with the thin green icing. Let dry for an hour. Finally, Take the black edible marker and make the lines around the egg and around the green dot.
Enjoy!
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