Whether you grew up with them or are just discovering their colorful appeal, Gumdrop Cookies deserve a permanent spot in your baking repertoire. This updated version was kitchen-tested to achieve the perfect sugar cookie consistency and just the right amount of spice drops—so you know they’ll be perfect every time.
Gumdrop Cookies
- Prep Time 50 min
- Total 2 hr 10 min
- Servings 60
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups quartered green, red and white spice-flavored gumdrops
- 2 tablespoons coarse white sparkling sugar
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
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Step2In large bowl, beat softened butter and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy; scrape side of bowl. Beat in egg just until smooth. Beat in vanilla. On low speed, beat flour mixture into sugar mixture until well blended. Stir in 3/4 cup of the quartered gumdrops.
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Step3Shape dough into 60 (1-inch) balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets; flatten each ball to 1 1/2-inch circle. On each dough round, sprinkle sparkling sugar and place 3 quartered gumdrops.
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Step4Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are set and light brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes. Store covered in airtight container.
Nutrition
80
Calories
3g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
13g
Total Carbohydrate
8g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 30
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 5%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 13g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 8g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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