If you’ve ever dreamed of bringing a little superhero power into your kitchen, these Captain America Cookies are here to save the day! Inspired by the iconic red, white, and blue shield, these treats aren’t just delicious. They’re a tribute to one of Marvel’s most beloved heroes. Perfect for movie nights, themed parties, or just a patriotic snack, they’ll have kids and adults alike reaching for seconds. Get ready to assemble your ingredients and bake up a batch worthy of the Avengers!
Captain America Cookies
Equipment
- piping bag with the number 2 tips
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients
- 5 C flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 ½ C soft unsalted butter
- 2 C granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
Icing Ingredients
- 4 egg whites
- 2 C powder sugar
- ½ tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- red and blue gel food coloring
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 all 4 eggs at one time and continue to mix.
- Add the vanilla and continue mixing.
- Sift the four, baking powder, 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 in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring)
- If icing is not stiff enough add 1/4 C powder sugar.
- Divide the icing into 3 equal bowls.
- The first bowl of icing remains white.
- The second bowl of icing, add several drops of red gel food coloring. Stir to mix.
- In the third bowl, add several drops of blue into the icing and mix.
- Spoon each color of icing into individual frosting bags with a #2 tips. Twist the open end of the bag to push the icing to the tip.
- Squeeze the majority of the icing into a bowl then add 1 tsp of water to this icing and stir to mix the water and icing together.
- Using a edible marker, draw on Captain America shield onto the circle cookie.
- Using the white icing, fill in the star and one of the rings.
- Wait 10 minutes
- Using the red icing, fill in the rest of the rings.
- Using the blue icing, fill in the circle around the star.
- Let dry for 4 hours before enjoying!
Nutrition
With their bold colors and sweet flavor, these Captain America Cookies are the perfect way to add a heroic touch to any celebration. Whether you’re hosting a Marvel movie marathon, planning a themed birthday party, or just want to surprise your family with something fun, these cookies are sure to be a hit. Simple to make and even more fun to eat, they’ll have everyone feeling like they’ve joined the Avengers for snack time. So grab your shield (and a glass of milk), and enjoy a bite of superhero sweetness!
These cookies will be a sure hit with my grandkids. We are so excited to see this film.
Bravo! You have combined the best super hero with the best cookie. You win the internet for today!
Oh my gosh you are such a fun person for making cookies to go along with the excitement of a movie opening! I think my kids would think I had been kidnapped and an alien had taken over my body if I made cookies designed specifically for the movie we were going to go see haha!
These are just too adorable. Your icing is perfect too, what a great job!
I am so excited to see this movie!! I love these cookies, they are perfect for the movie!
Those cookies are so cute! I am #TeamCaptainAmerica all the way!! I cant’ wait to see the movie!!
I’m not really a super hero fan but I can’t wait to see this movie! It has so many great actors in it and I bet it is awesome!
These Captain America Civil War cookies are an awesome idea. The kids will love these cookies and we love all the Marvel movies. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Those cookies are such a great idea! I can’t wait to see this movie either. My husband and I are hoping that we can see it soon. We love all the Marvels movies.
We saw the movie over the weekend. I’m a little obsessed with iced cookies right now. You did a great job!
These cookies look amazing. I haven’t tried making anything this fancy. I would probably mess them up too.
My boys would love them though. I also think they would enjoy this movie too.
We are so excited to go see this movie this weekend. I will have to try making these delicious looking cookies. I hope mine turn out as good as yours did.
Yummy looking cookies. I saw that movie this past weekend and really LOVED it! I’m team Captain America! lol
Those cookies are so cute!! I cant wait to see this movie.
These are so cool! My boys would love to celebrate with these!
Wow. Those turned out amazing!
This recipe looks so cool! My kids will love this. Can’t wait to see this movie.
Such cute cookies! We love Captain America and all the Marvel superheroes. Can’t wait to watch the film with my boys!
My nephew is obsessed with captain America. Like, has been that for three Halloween’s in a row. I am soo making these cookies to surprise him this weekend.
Well done! These look fabulous! I’m sure our marvel superhero loving kids will enjoy these!
I love this recipe!! They look amazing and delicious!!. Would love to see you at my craft party which is new Thursdays at 7pm EST. We pin every instructional post! Have a great rest of the week!
I will take 2 dozen please! These are absolutely adorable. Pinned!
Wow, those look so awesome!! Love them.
My teenagers will lose their minds if I make these! Perhaps I should take video of their reactions? Thanks for the instructions!
Blessings, Leigh
These turned out really great! So neat and festive!
I would love for you to share this with my Recipes, Crafts, Tips and Tricks Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
How fun! My boys will love these!
Your Cookies are just awesome! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday and have a great day!
Miz Helen
My kids and husband love Captain America, there is a civil war between them about who is on Team Cap vs. Team Iron Man but I think they’d be unanimous that they’d love these cookies! Thanks for sharing with Small Victories Sunday Linkup. Pinning to our linkup board and hope you found some great posts to visit this week!
How fun! The cookies look great, and I bet they’re super delicious, too! Thanks for sharing at the Submarine Sunday Link Party!