How about some fun April Fool’s Day Pranks with food? Prank your kids, family, or significant other for April Fools? The best joke is with these dog cookies.
Homemade Cookies that look like Dog Bones
You’ll have so much fun making these tasty April Fool’s Dog Treat Cookies!
These cookies are actually ‘human treats” that look like a dog bone cookie, but taste great! They make the perfect April Fool’s prank.
April Fools is the perfect day to share the joy by playing a practical joke and hoax.
This year, share the fun by including the dog and turn April Fool’s Day into an April Fool’s Day with these fun, safe and delicious food pranks to keep everyone in the family smiling.
Because I bake dog treats for my dogs all the time. So for April Fools, the obvious thing to do was to use my dog bone cookie cutter and make treats for my family. Because they know I make dog treats, the joke will be on them when they aren’t sure whether to eat the cookies.
Best thing about these dog bone cookies for humans is all the fancy decorations that dogs can’t eat! So fun!
While these April Fool’s Dog Treats are for us humans, there are many ways to include your pup with some of our homemade dog treat recipes like our Beet Cookies, Apple and Blueberry Cookies.
Either way, you can’t go wrong with giving your family or friends these fun treats!
Let's get to making these April Fool's Dog Treats
- Makes: 24 cookies
- Prep Time: 25 minutes + chill time 1 hour
- Bake Time: 8-10 minutes
Ingredients for the Cookies
- 1 ½ cup of flour
- ¾ cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup butter
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
Ingredients for Icing
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 4 teaspoon milk
- 2 teaspoon light corn syrup
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- blue food coloring
- non-pariels or other candy decorations.
Equipment Used
Directions
Cream together confectioner's sugar, butter, vanilla, almond, and egg.
Blend in flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda until thoroughly combined.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
Roll dough on floured board to ⅛” thick.
Cutout several cookies with your dog bone cookie cutter. Re-roll dough scraps and cut again.
Bake at 375° degrees Fahrenheit for 8-10 minutes or just golden. Allow to cool completely.
Make the Icing
To prepare the icing, combine confectioner's sugar, milk, corn syrup, and extract until smooth and creamy.
Tip: to create a nice piped edge on the cookie, separate 2 heaping tablespoon of icing into a small bowl, and add 1 tablespoon of confectioner's sugar. This will create a thicker icing.
Scoop this icing into a piping bag with a small hole cut in the bottom.
Pipe your edge around each dog's bone cookie.
This will prevent the colored icing from pooling and dripping over the edge.
With the remaining icing, add food coloring to desired tint.
Tip: to create different color icings for your cooking, separate into small bowls before adding food color.
Spoon a small amount of food coloring onto cookie and carefully spread to border edge.
Tips: use a toothpick to work the icing toward the edge.
Work quickly, the icing dries and hardens fast.
Quickly sprinkle non-pariels on so they will stick.
Use the piping icing for the edge to write words.
Store in an airtight container after icing hardens.
Free Printable April Fool's Dog Shaped Cookies for Friends and Family
April Fool's: Dog Shaped Cookies for Friends and Family
Best April Fool's Day Prank for your friends and family with these cookies that look like dog treats.
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup of flour
- ¾ cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup butter
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
Icing Ingredients
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 4 teaspoon milk
- 2 teaspoon light corn syrup
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- Non-pariel's candies
Instructions
Cookie Instructions:
Cream together confectioner's sugar, butter, vanilla, almond, and egg.
Blend in flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda until thoroughly combined.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
Roll dough on floured board to ⅛” thick.
Cutout several cookies with your dog bone cookie cutter. Re-roll dough scraps and cut again.
Bake at 375° degrees Fahrenheit for 8-10 minutes or just golden. Allow to cool completely.
Icing Directions:
To prepare the icing, combine confectioner's sugar, milk, corn syrup, and extract until smooth and creamy.
Tip: to create a nice piped edge on the cookie, separate 2 heaping tablespoon of icing into a small bowl, and add 1 tablespoon of confectioner's sugar. This will create a thicker icing.
Scoop this icing into a piping bag with a small hole cut in the bottom.
Pipe your edge around each dog's bone cookie.
This will prevent the colored icing from pooling and dripping over the edge.
With the remaining icing, add food coloring to desired tint.
Tip: to create different color icings for your cooking, separate into small bowls before adding food color.
Spoon a small amount of food coloring onto cookie and carefully spread to border edge.
Tips: use a toothpick to work the icing toward the edge. Work quickly, the icing dries and hardens fast.
Sprinkle non-pariels on asap so they will stick.
Use the piping icing for the edge to write words.
Store in an airtight container after icing hardens.
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