Gumdrop Cookies
Nostalgic gumdrops in cookies are delicious with each bite.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter (salted) for the cookie dough
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (packed) brown sugar
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 package (10 to 12 ounces) small fruit flavored gumdrops
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons butter (salted), softened to grease the cookie sheet multiple times when cooking in batches
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium size bowl, add flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large bowl add butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, water and vanilla. Beat with a mixer until light and fluffy.
- To the large bowl, slowly add the flour mixture a little at a time while mixing the dough on the low setting.
- Using a large sturdy spoon, stir the gumdrops and nuts into the cookie dough.
- Lightly grease a cookie sheet with butter.
- Drop the dough by the teaspoon full onto the cookie sheet about 2 inches apart from one another.
- Bake in a preheated oven (at 350 degrees F.) until the top of the cookies turn a light brown color (about 12 to 15 minutes).
- Transfer the cookies onto a cooling rack and let cool before serving.