Ingredients
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- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated sugar cookie dough (or your favorite homemade recipe)
- 1/2 teaspoon neon green gel food coloring
- 1/4 cup green sanding sugar or festive sprinkles
- 12 large red heart-shaped sprinkles or candies
- Non-stick cooking spray or parchment paper
Instructions
- Place the sugar cookie dough into a medium mixing bowl. Add the neon green gel food coloring. Use a spatula or clean hands to knead the dough until the color is vibrant and evenly distributed. Ensure there are no white streaks remaining so your Grinch cookies look perfectly festive.
- Scoop about 1.5 tablespoons of dough and roll it into a smooth ball. Roll the top half of the dough ball into the green sanding sugar or sprinkles, pressing gently so they stick. Repeat this process until you have 12 uniform dough balls ready for the air fryer.
- Line the bottom of your air fryer basket with a piece of perforated parchment paper specifically designed for air fryers. If you do not have perforated paper, you can cut a regular piece of parchment to fit, leaving some space around the edges for air circulation. Do not preheat the air fryer with the paper inside alone, as it may fly up and hit the heating element.
- Place the dough balls into the air fryer basket, leaving at least two inches of space between each cookie. You will likely need to cook these in two batches. Set the air fryer to 320°F (160°C) and cook for 7 to 9 minutes. The cookies are done when the edges are set but the centers still look slightly soft.
- Immediately after removing the basket from the air fryer, gently press one red heart sprinkle into the side of each warm cookie. This represents the Grinch’s heart growing! Let the cookies sit in the basket for 2 minutes before carefully transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Cook Time: 23 minutes