Piñata Sugar Cookies Recipe

 

Step 1: Start by creaming the butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl.

Step 2: Add in the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla and mix well.

Step 3: In a separate bowl, add the dry ingredients and mix to combine. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix well. Separate into 3–4 small slabs of cookie dough.

Step 4: To add color, add 2 drops of assorted food coloring to each slab of dough, and knead gently until the dough is slightly marbled.

Step 5: Place each slab on a sheet of lightly floured wax paper and cover with another sheet. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to ¼” thick. Stack the slabs on top of each other and chill in the refrigerator for 45 minutes. 

 

Step 6: Once the dough has chilled for 45 minutes, quickly remove one slab at a time and use a metal cookie cutter to cut out your shapes. You’ll need two matching cookie shapes to create one piñata. Place each shape on a parchment-lined cookie sheet and place the cookie sheet in the refrigerator for 7 minutes.

Step 7: Once they’ve chilled a bit more to firm up, bake for 9 minutes in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven. 

Step 8: It’s time to hollow out the cookies. Use an apple corer and gently carve out a bit of the center of each cookie. Be careful not to go completely through the cookie. You just wanted to carve a small compartment. 

Step 9: Fill half of each cookie with Fruity Cheerios, your favorite colorful cereal, or even candy. Pipe a small outline of frosting on each cookie, and place two cookies together to create a sandwich or “piñata.”

 

  

I love how the marbling turned out on each cookie. So fun.

And when you break each one open, there’s a little fruity surprise inside.

 

 

These are a great alternative if you are looking for something different than candy to fill your treats with. The cereal is fruity and colorful and are a fun surprise to have spill out every time you crack one open.