Lemon Sugar Minion Cookies

 

My toddler, like many other toddlers, goes crazy every time she sees a Minion, so we had to make Minion cookies. I mean they’re pretty awesome so I can see why. She’s not quite old enough to take to the movie theaters, so we have been eagerly awaiting Minions coming out on DVD! Since it comes out this week, we went ahead and whipped up some of my favorite lemon sugar cookies this weekend and decorated them to look like our favorite Minions. These cookies taste like lemon bars and are a favorite around our house, and we had a blast decorating them!

Here’s what you’ll need:

4 Packets Market Pantry Lemonade Mix
3 Cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
1 Cup Sugar
1 Egg
15-20 Drops Yellow Food Coloring

Here’s what you do:

In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, and the contents of the 4 packets of Market Pantry lemonade mix and set aside. Using an electric mixer combine butter, sugar, and food coloring and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.

Putting mixer on low speed, slowly add the dry contents to the bowl with the butter. Once well mixed place dough in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Sprinkle counter surface and a rolling pin with flour, and roll out the dough (it may be easiest to do one half of the dough at a time). Using a glass cup cut out circles for the cookies. Place cookies 1 inch apart on a cookie sheet and bake for 9-10 minutes, until brown on the edges. Transfer to wire rack.

Using black and white icing decorate the cookies to look like your favorite Minions characters!

Minions is coming out on Blu-Ray and DVD soon! Did you know you can pre-order it at Target? In fact you’ll get a $5 gift card when you pre-order the Deluxe Blu-Ray Edition of Minions on Target.com – the MetalPak is available only at Target! You can pre-order online and pick it up in store on the release date. This DVD comes out 12/8/2015 and contains 40 minutes of Target exclusive content, including the MINIONS PARTY PLANNER that will help any Minions fan create the perfect Minions party! You can also pick up lots of other Minions licensed products from Target to help celebrate the release.

You’ll find Market Pantry Lemonade Mix on the drink mix aisle at Target!

You can buy the MInions movie here. What is your favorite movie night recipe?