When my son was little I read him his favorite book One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish every single night before bed.
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
I still have such good memories of those days and can practically recite the book my memory still to this day.
This recipe for One Fish Two Fish Cookies makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies and will make a great treat for any Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebrations.
Gather these ingredients to make your Fish Cookies.
Then scroll down for full One Fish, Two Fish Cookies Recipe Measurements and instructions on creating this recipe – including a full recipe card that you can print for free that helps you shop and create easily in your kitchen!
Cookie Ingredients
- Flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Butter
- Sugar
- Egg
Fish Cookies
Equipment
- Fish Cookie Cutter
- Reynolds Premium Parchment Paper
- 3 Piece Bamboo Cutting Board
- OXO Turner/Spatula
- Baker’s Secret Nonstick Cooling Rack, Set of 2
- 4 disposable piping bags with #2 tips
- 2 squeeze bottles
- red blue and black gel color
- black edible marker
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
Icing Ingredients:
- 4 egg whites
- 2 C powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
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 and continue to mix.
- Add the vanilla and 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 at 325 degrees 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 4 bowls.
- Leaving one bowl white, add the colors to the other 3 bowls, red in one blue in the other and black in the last.
- Using the piping bags, add a little bit off the colors to 1 of each bag.
- With red and blue icing remaining in the bowls, add 1 tsp of water to thin out the icing.
- Pour icing into a squeeze bottles.
- Outline the fish in black icing.
- Fill in with the thin red or blue icing and let sit on a cookie sheet for 4 hours.
- Using your edible marker, add some shading to the top fin, the tips of the tails and the middle part of the fish.
- Add a half smile and outline of the eyes.
- Add the flipper with some shading.
- Using the white icing, add a small dot for the fishes eye.
- Using the black icing, add the pupil.
- Let sit for another hour.
- Enjoy
Nutrition
Nutritional information is automatically calculated with ingredients and serving size and may not be accurate. Please always double check with your own nutritional apps as well.
