Looking for a fun way to celebrate Dr Seuss birthday? Want to have Green Eggs and Ham Recipe but want something more fun? How do green egg cookies sound? Any kid will be so excited to have green eggs and ham snack cookies.
Green Eggs and Ham Recipe
Most kids fall in love with Dr. Seuss very young. Those books can be what starts a kid’s love of reading. I fully believe that if a kid starts loving books when they are little, it means they will have a life long love of reading. As parents, that is exactly what we want.
When is Dr Seuss Birthday?
March 2nd is only a few days away. If you’re looking for something great to make up for Dr. Seuss’s birthday, you will love this recipe for green eggs cookies. Use this recipe, plus some food dye to make the green ham, and you can have a fun little meal of green eggs and ham, just like the book.
Dr Seuss Birthday Quotes
Here are some fun Dr Seuss Birthday quotes to help celebrate Dr Seuss Birthday:
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!
“A Wasn’t just isn’t. He just isn’t present. But you… You ARE YOU! And, now isn’t that pleasant!”
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!
“There is no one alive who is youer than you.”
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!
Green Egg and Ham Snack Idea
Kids would love to sink their teeth into Dr Seuss Green Eggs cookies. While not eat cookies and the Green Eggs and Ham book aloud, or other favorite Dr. Seuss books. These treats are good even when Dr Seuss birthday has past.
More Dr Seuss Snack Ideas
Ingredients in Dr Seuss Green Eggs and Ham Cookie
Cookie Ingredients:
- Flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Unsalted butter
- Granulated sugar
- Egg
- Cookie Cutter: Circle
Icing Ingredients
- Eggs
- Powder sugar
- Cream of tartar
- Vanilla
- 2 disposable piping bags with #2 tips
- 2 squeeze bottles
- green gel color
- black edible marker
How to Make Dr Seuss Sugar Cookies
Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth, not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
Add eggs. Continue to mix.
Add the vanilla. Continue mixing.
Sift the four, baking soda, and salt together.
Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.
Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.
Put flour out on the cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into the batter. (if needed).
Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using the cookie cutter begin to make your cookies.
Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Using a metal spatula move the cut cookies to the parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake for 8 minutes. Check to see if the cookies are thoroughly baked.
Take the cookies off of the cookie sheet and put on a wire rack to cool completely.
(About 10 minutes).
How to Make Royal Icing
Combine all ingredients except the colors into a standing mixing bowl.
Mix on medium speed onto stiff peaks form
Split into 2 bowls
Leave one bowl white and add the green gel coloring to the second bowl
Scoop some of the icings into the 2 disposable bags
The remaining icing in the bowls, add in 1 tsp of water to thin it out.
Pour the icing into the squeeze bottles
Take the cookie and white icing in the bag and pipe out the egg shape on the cookie
Fill in with the thin white icing
Let sit for 3 hours
In the center of the cookie, pipe a small circle with the green icing
Fill in the circle with the thin green icing
Let dry for an hour
Take the black edible marker and make the lines around the egg and around the green dot.
Dr Seuss Green Eggs Cookie
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients:
- 3 C flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 C soft unsalted butter
- 1 C granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- Cookie Cutter: Circle
Icing Ingredients
- 4 egg whites
- 2 C powder sugar
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 disposable piping bags with #2 tips
- 2 squeeze bottles
- green gel color
- black edible marker
Directions
Cookie Directions:
- Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
- Add eggs. Continue to mix.
- Add the vanilla. Continue mixing.
- Sift the four, baking soda, and salt together.
- Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
- Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
- Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.
- Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.
- Put flour out on the cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into the batter. (if needed).
- Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using the cookie cutter begin to make your cookies.
- Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a metal spatula move the cut cookies to the parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 minutes. Check to see if the cookies are thoroughly baked.
- Take the cookies off of the cookie sheet and put on a wire rack to cool completely.
- (About 10 minutes).
Icing Directions:
- Combine all ingredients except the colors into a standing mixing bowl.
- Mix on medium speed onto stiff peaks form
- Split into 2 bowls
- Leave one bowl white and add the green gel coloring to the second bowl
- Scoop some of the icings into the 2 disposable bags
- The remaining icing in the bowls, add in 1 tsp of water to thin it out.
- Pour the icing into the squeeze bottles
- Take the cookie and white icing in the bag and pipe out the egg shape on the cookie
- Fill in with the thin white icing
- Let sit for 3 hours
- In the center of the cookie, pipe a small circle with the green icing
- Fill in the circle with the thin green icing
- Let dry for an hour
- Take the black edible marker and make the lines around the egg and around the green dot.
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