These fun Good Dinosaur Cookies start with a sugar cookie dough that becomes a cute dinosaur foot!
If you have been following along and reading our posts about the making of The Good Dinosaur, you know how excited we are about the movie coming to theaters on November 25th.
The movie asks the question “What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct?” Through the story of The Good Dinosaur we travel with an Apatosaurus named Arlo as he makes a human friend, Spot, on a difficult journey filled with dinosaurs, danger and the natural beauty of vast wilderness landscapes. On the trek Arlo learns to confront his fears and see that he perhaps is a little tougher than he originally thinks.
To get us ready for the movie, we created this fun The Good Dinosaur cookies recipe! It’s designed to look like the bottom of Arlo’s foot – complete with his not-so-little dino toes.
These cookies are super fun to make and the little ones can help mixing the dough and rolling it into balls for the feet and the toes.
They’re fun for any day and a hit at parties. Since dinosaur is a popular when thinking about first birthday themes for boys, these dino cookies will fit right in – but they’re loved by kids of all ages!
The Good Dinosaur Cookies Recipe
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 3/4 sticks unsalted butter, softened (14 Tbsp)
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
green food coloring
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder. In a separate, large bowl beat together the sugar and butter on medium speed about 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla and the eggs one at a time. Turn down the mixer to slow and slowly add in the flour mixture just until combined.
Divide the dough into fourths and remove one fourth from the bowl. Add several drops of food coloring to the dough and beat until color is evenly distributed. Add color until you get the shade of green you like.
Roll the green dough into balls about 1″ across. Roll the uncolored dough into little balls about 1/3″ across. Put the green balls about 2″ apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat. Place 4 of the little balls at the top side of each green ball. Using a flat-bottomed glass or bowl, press down on each cookie to flatten.
Bake approximately 11 minutes (rotating the baking sheet once) or until just barely beginning to brown. Don’t overcook! Let cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before handling.
You can find lots more The Good Dinosaur fun from Fandango Family with movie clips, fun facts for parents and more!
The Good Dinosaur Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 3/4 sticks unsalted butter softened (14 Tbsp)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- green food coloring
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder.
- In a separate, large bowl beat together the sugar and butter on medium speed about 5 minutes or until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the vanilla and the eggs one at a time.
- Turn down the mixer to slow and slowly add in the flour mixture just until combined.
- Divide the dough into fourths and remove one fourth from the bowl.
- Add several drops of food coloring to the dough and beat until color is evenly distributed. Add color until you get the shade of green you like.
- Roll the green dough into balls about 1" across.
- Roll the uncolored dough into little balls about 1/3" across.
- Put the green balls about 2" apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat.
- Place 4 of the little balls at the top side of each green ball.
- Using a flat-bottomed glass or bowl, press down on each cookie to flatten.
- Bake approximately 11 minutes (rotating the baking sheet once) or until just barely beginning to brown. Don’t overcook!
- Let cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before handling.
natasha lamoreux says
Really want to take my kids to this movie, it looks so cute. My son would love those dinosaur cookies! Thank for the giveaway!
aaron reck says
I’d like to go see it with my nephews!
Terry Stebbins says
It looks adorable!
Christina W says
I’m excited because my nine year old daughter really wants to see it so we usually make a day of it! Just us two plus some shopping and dinner makes her day 🙂
Jessica Justice says
I’m excited to see The Good Dinosaur, because I think it’ll be a really good laugh for the whole family.
rom kruse says
excited to see it, looks so cute
Sabrina Price says
It was a good movie I took my kids to see it yesterday. So heartwarming.
Michelle Bartley says
We love Disney movies!!
Tina Harris says
I’m excited to see it because it looks like a very cute movie to see. I have kids from the age of 6-19 and I think we will ALL enjoy it!
Mary B says
It’s a fun animated film for the entire family to watch!
jaclyne L says
These cookies are too cute!
Cindy says
Our nephews and I are excited to see any Disney movie.
Stephanie Davis says
We love dinosaurs! Jurrassic park and the land before time are some of our favorite movies! Can’t wait to see the good dinosaur!
Tracy Shafer says
It looks like such a cute movie
Lori Walker says
I love dinosaurs 🙂