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.
Leah Shumack says
This movie looks super cute! Definitely something that the whole family can enjoy!
liz l says
My nephew likes dinosaurs so he would love this
linda says
It looks like a super cute movie for the whole family to enjoy.
Laurie Emerson says
I am excited to see this movie as it looks so cute and is the kind of movie the whole family can see together and enjoy.
Roxann says
I want to see it because my grandson wants me to take him.
Mary Gardner says
I am excited to see this movie because it is a family friendly movie that I can enjoy with my children.
Kimberly M. says
We have actually seen The Good Dinosaur and the reason we wanted to see it was because it looked like a cute movie and we love dinosaurs. It had a great message in the movie and we ill be buying it for sure. We loved it.
Alicia says
Because it looks to be a super cute movie and I know the kids will love it!
Brandon Sparks says
Because my kids are gonna love this.
Candie L says
Ii woudl like to watch this because I love animated films and my son has a minor obsession with dinosaurs. Thank you
desiree grubbs says
dinosaurs are cool!
Brian E. says
Thanks for the giveaway…our kids would love this one, especially our youngest: he’s in his dinosaur “phase” !
Cammi A. Quinton says
Looks like a cute movie!! My son’s have all loved dinosaurs!
On the cookies, I noticed in the list of ingredients, you left out the sugar. Can you tell me how much sugar are supposed to be in these? My friend wants to make them for her son’s birthday! Thanks!
Chrysa says
Thanks for noticing that! It’s 1 cup.
Teresa D. says
Children’s movies have gotten better and better since I was young, and I love to see them all!
Trisha McKee says
I want to see this because it looks like a movie that both my kids and I can enjoy.