Comments on: Watermelon Sugar Cookies

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 01:13:59 +0000

In reply to Pam M. I'm so sorry to hear this happened, Pam! You may have needed a touch more flour in your dough. :(

By: Pam M

Pam M — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:52:05 +0000

I followed the recipe exactly. The cookies spread terribly on the sheet while baking. I did use a spatula about 1/2 way thru and did my best to push them back into shape.

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:00:08 +0000

In reply to Rebecca D Raby. I'm so glad you enjoy them so much, Rebecca! :)

By: Rebecca D Raby

Rebecca D Raby — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:52:06 +0000

I always love making these cookies

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:44:11 +0000

In reply to JJ. We're so happy you enjoyed the recipe, JJ! Thanks for the review

By: JJ

JJ — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 22:39:18 +0000

These were so much fun to make! They were so cute and so delicious. Shared some with my neighbors and they were a huge hit. Thank you for another great recipe!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:36:37 +0000

In reply to Peggy Ann Osborne. Hi Peg! I'm so sorry I am just seeing this comment. It's been a bit crazy around here lately. Thank you so much for reaching out. I am so glad you've enjoyed everything so much! Thank you for catching the error in step 2. I will make sure to update that. As for the video, if you have an ad blocker enabled, unfortunately it will also prevent the video from showing. You can always find all of my videos on YouTube if you need to reference them and they aren't showing on the website. :)

By: Peggy Ann Osborne

Peggy Ann Osborne — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:50:59 +0000

Hi, Sam~ I LOVE your overall site: your very dependably detailed recipes (often, and appreciably just a bit different from the “norm”) as well as your frequent inclusion of quite creative ones . and you do the explanations so well. I follow only 2 online cooks, and though I own more than 200 cookbooks, almost never use recipes; nevertheless, I do enjoy trying some of yours.
As a (long, long ago and far away!) professional food designer and chocolatier, I’m quite impressed with your knowledge and the clarity of your writing; your enthusiasm (without going over the top) is engaging, and the tips you usually add make such a difference for even the most experienced of cooks.

I am writing today to simply let you know (and I am not being critical, honest–I guess this comes from having written several commercially published books and magazines and thus, quite used to being edited) that there are two minor corrections to make on this page. Under the “How to Make” section, step # 2 needs a word change, and, though there is a button to take one to it, and it’s also referenced in the text. there is no video.

I am eagerly awaiting your summer corn salad recipe, pictured in today’s invitation email: “Summer Sides” email. It looks great. Hope you are having a Happy 4th, and fun weekend!
Peg

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:16:43 +0000

In reply to Rachel. I'm so glad you enjoyed them so much, Rachel! :)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:39:14 +0000

These were a HUGE hit and super easy to make. They turned out so cute and tasted delicious. 10/10 would make again!

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 01:45:17 +0000

In reply to Judy. That's so great to hear, Judy! I'm so glad everyone enjoyed them so much! :)

By: Judy

Judy — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:58:57 +0000

I have seen these cookies before, although never tried them. With your detailed instructions I thought I can do this, happy to say these cookies turned out wonderful! A big hit with the family, they thought I bought them from a bakery. Thanks for sharing Sam!! ❤️

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 18:34:19 +0000

In reply to Leann. Hi Leann! It sounds like too much sugar was accidentally used, or if the dough was very, very warm this could happen.

By: Leann

Leann — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:04:18 +0000

In reply to Kathleen A Burke. Mine spread horribly and look gritty, what can I do before baking the next round?

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:37:18 +0000

In reply to Amanda. I'm so glad you enjoyed them, Amanda! I do love using the gels so much! :)

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 18:32:21 +0000

Fun and easy recipe, the kids loved them. The cookies were so adorable and delicious. The only note that I made was to change the temp to 350 degrees as the bottom of my cookies browned on the first batch but I do think my oven gets too hot. I did buy the color gel and found it much easier to use than the liquid. Great recipe!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 18:53:40 +0000

In reply to Steven Zakon-Anderson. Hmmm that's very odd. I've never encountered this issue. You could definitely try cutting the baking powder if they rose too much, but you really shouldn't have to. I'm not sure what could be causing this. :(

By: Steven Zakon-Anderson

Steven Zakon-Anderson — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 13:51:47 +0000

I wonder if you have a thought on one difference in my results. The cookies in your pictures are so perfectly smooth and flat, at least on the side we see in the picture. While mine came out good, and were a hit at the party I brought them to, I can not say they looked like yours. They were perfectly smooth when I cut them and put them on the sheet pan, but not so uniformly perfect when they came out of the oven and cooled. They were more irregular on top, and a bit bumpy compared to the ones in your picture. Perhaps mine rose more in the oven than yours did? Baked too long? Cut back on the baking powder perhaps? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 18:27:08 +0000

In reply to Steven Zakon-Anderson. I'm so glad you enjoyed them so much! These cookies are so much fun to make. :)

By: Steven Zakon-Anderson

Steven Zakon-Anderson — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:28:40 +0000

Another winner! Thanks for the fun recipe and, as always, the clear directions. I did switch the order of one step. When I pushed more chips into the cut cookies just before baking, the dough pushed out slightly since they were softening in the warm kitchen. This sort of undid the cut I had made in the dough. So I pushed the chips into the red part of the cookie first, and then I cut the concave piece out.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 01:57:06 +0000

In reply to Andi. I'm so glad you enjoyed them so much, Andi! :)

By: Andi

Andi — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:47:26 +0000

In reply to Amy. These cookies were easy to make and I liked your tip about adding chocolate chips after the cookies were formed. They were delicious. I learn a lot from your videos and I’m an experienced cook and baker of 40 years. Thank you for all your wonderful recipes.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:17:01 +0000

In reply to Kathleen A Burke. That's awesome! I'm so glad everyone enjoyed them so much, Kathleen! :)

By: Kathleen A Burke

Kathleen A Burke — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 03:14:13 +0000

I made these for our neighborhood get-together yesterday and they were a BIG hit! Nobody believed I made them!

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 19:56:49 +0000

In reply to Leanne. Hi Leanne! You're absolutely right, it looks like somehow I accidentally deleted that from the recipe. Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention, it's been fixed now. I am so glad you like the cookies!