How to make FUN April Fools Dog Treat Cookies

You will have so much fun with these easy and yummy April Fools Dog Treat Cookies! They are actually ‘human treats’ that only look like a dog treat. These fun treats are perfect for pet parents to serve on April Fools day! Take them to the office or offer them to friends and family. I wonder what ‘look’ they will give you? Will they dare try them? 🙂

You know here at Miss Molly Says we bake up a lot of seriously woofalicious dog treats, right? Well, sometimes they look so yummy they look like human treats. So, that gave us the idea to do these fun April Fools Dog Treat Cookies!

These fun April Fools Dog Treat Cookies are actually ‘human treats’ that only look like a dog treat. And, they are so much fun! Imagine the faces of our friends when we start munching on them! These fun treats are perfect for pet parents to serve on April Fools day! Take them to the office or offer them to friends and family. I wonder what ‘look’ they will give you? Will they dare try them? 🙂

While our April Fools Dog Treat cookies are for humans, we have plenty of tasty homemade dog treats for the pups too. You simply can’t go wrong serving your pups wholesome homemade treats! And, did I mention how easy they are to make? We even have a fun doggie pupcake recipe perfect for serving on their birthday!

April Fools Dog Treat Cookies

Makes: 24 cookies
Prep Time: 25 minutes + chill time 1 hour
Bake Time: 8-10 minutes

Cookie Ingredients:

1 ½ cup flour
¾ cup confectioners sugar
½ cup butter
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp cream of tartar
½ tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp almond extract

Icing Ingredients:

1 cup confectioners sugar
4 tsp milk
2 tsp light corn syrup
¼ tsp almond extract
blue food color
non-pariels or other candy decorations (I went with tiny white and green non-pariels, brown candy non-pariels, and larger turquoise non-pariels)

Additional items:

stand or hand mixer
1 dog bone shaped cookie cutter
frosting piping tool or bag

How to make these yummy April Fools Dog Treat Cookies:

Cream together confectioners sugar, butter, vanilla, almond, and egg.

Blend in flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda until thoroughly combined.

Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

Roll dough on floured board to 1/8” thick.

Cutout several cookies with your dog bone cookie cutter. Reroll dough scraps and cut again.

Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or just golden. Allow to cool completely.

To prepare the icing, combine confectioners sugar, milk, corn syrup, and extract until smooth and creamy.

*Tip: To create a nice piped edge on the cookie, separate 2 heaping tbsp of icing into a small bowl and add 1 tbsp of confectioners sugar. This will create a thicker icing. Scoop this icing into a piping bag with a small hole cut in the bottom. Pipe your edge around each dog bone cookie. This will prevent the colored icing from pooling and dripping over the edge.

With the remaining icing, add food coloring to the desired tint.

*Tip: to create different color icings for your cooking, separate into small bowls before adding food color.

Spoon a small amount of food coloring onto the cookie and carefully spread to the border edge.

 *Tip: use a toothpick to work the icing toward the edge. Work quickly, the icing dries and hardens fast. Sprinkle non-pariels on asap so they will stick.

Use the piping icing for the edge to write words. Store in an airtight container after icing hardens.

**I purchase my cookie cutters at my local cake decorating store but I found them on Amazon. 

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Yield: 24 cookies

April Fools Dog Treat Cookies

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Additional Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes

You will have so much fun with these easy and yummy April Fools Dog Treat Cookies! They are actually 'human treats' that only 'look' like a dog treat. These fun treats are perfect for pet parents to serve on April Fools day! The best part is they are super easy to make!

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Ingredients

Cookie Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cup flour
• ¾ cup confectioners sugar
• ½ cup butter
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp cream of tartar
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp almond extract

Icing Ingredients:

• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 4 tsp milk
• 2 tsp light corn syrup
• ¼ tsp almond extract
• blue food color
• non-pariels or other candy decorations (I went with tiny white and green non-pariels, brown candy non-pariels, and larger turquoise non-pariels)

Additional items:

• stand or hand mixer
• 1 dog bone shaped cookie cutter
• frosting piping tool or bag

Instructions

Cream together confectioners sugar, butter, vanilla, almond, and egg.

Blend in flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda until thoroughly combined.

Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

Roll dough on floured board to 1/8” thick.

Cutout several cookies with your dog bone cookie cutter. Reroll dough scraps and cut again.

Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or just golden. Allow to cool completely.

To prepare the icing, combine confectioners sugar, milk, corn syrup, and extract until smooth and creamy.

*Tip: To create a nice piped edge on the cookie, separate 2 heaping tbsp of icing into a small bowl and add 1 tbsp of confectioners sugar. This will create a thicker icing. Scoop this icing into a piping bag with a small hole cut in the bottom. Pipe your edge around each dog bone cookie. This will prevent the colored icing from pooling and dripping over the edge.

With the remaining icing, add food coloring to the desired tint.

*Tip: to create different color icings for your cooking, separate into small bowls before adding food color.

Spoon a small amount of food coloring onto the cookie and carefully spread to the border edge.

*Tip: use a toothpick to work the icing toward the edge. Work quickly, the icing dries and hardens fast. Sprinkle non-pariels on asap so they will stick.

Use the piping icing for the edge to write words. Store in an airtight container after icing hardens.

Notes

I purchase my cookie cutters at my local cake decorating store but I found them on Amazon.

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