Easiest Animal Crackers Recipe
If you use larger cookie cutters, you may need to bake on the longer end of the baking time—and mini cookie cutters on the shorter end. This makes a relatively small batch, so double it if you want extras to last all week!
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Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Place all ingredients into a bowl and use your hand to mix together to form a dough. (If the dough is a little crumbly, be sure that it’s throughly combined and then if it’s still crumbly, add 1/2-1 tablespoon additional milk until it comes together.)
Make a flattened disc of dough.
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Notes
Store leftovers in an airtight container for 3-5 days at room temperature.
You can also store any dough you don’t bake in a zip top plastic bag, tightly sealed and with as much air removed as possible, for up to a week in the fridge. Let sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes before rolling out to allow it to soften up.
I prefer to roll the dough out between parchment paper since it’s easy, but you can also do it by coating the rolling pin with a little flour to prevent sticking.
You can use all-purpose flour if you prefer or if that’s what you have. I like the flavor from whole-wheat, but both will work.
We like to make them using mini cookie cutters, but any size will work.
Gluten-free: Use a 1:1 style of gluten-free baking mix in place of the wheat flour.
Dairy-free: Use nondairy milk and softened coconut oil in place of the butter.
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Beginner here. Mine tasted great, but fluffed up pretty good when I put them into the oven. I tried to follow the recipe exactly, any thoughts on what I did wrong?
I found animal cookie cutters on Amazon and made these. I added a bit of cinnamon and it turned out great! I plan on making these weekly.
These are really good and I find myself munching on the bad ones. My toddler loves them. I want to add a tsp of cinnamon powder. Can I just replace that amount of flour with the cinnamon?
My daughter and I love this recipe and make it over and over. Recommendations on making them chocolate? Just adding cocoa powder?
Can I omit the syrup? Thanks!
This was easy, and flavor was good. I'll definitely make them again.
its rlly good bussin' bussin'
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