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These bear paw cookies are not just fun but SO easy! This is one of those things that make you go, why didn’t I think of this sooner? All you really need is a basic sugar cookie recipe and some chocolate. Voila!
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These are SO cute and my boyfriend’s son LOVED making (and eating!) these! Thank you for a fun recipe! 🙂
Bear Paw Cookies
The base of these cookies are the same as our favorite sugar cookies. It is a nice soft and chewy cookie. You can roll the balls of dough in granulated sugar if preferred. Or just put them directly onto the cookie sheet.
Ingredients you will need:
- Butter – make sure to use unsalted butter. Different brands of butter have different amounts of salt, so we like control the amount of salt going in the recipe.
- Sweetener – we use granulated sugar.
- Eggs – you will only need one egg.
- Flavoring – you will use vanilla extract for these cookies.
- Dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Decorating – 1 bag of Ghiradelli dark chocolate melting wafers, only need 24 wafer chips and semi sweet chocolate chips (only 3 chips go onto each cookie for the claws).
How To Make Bear Paw Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Line cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside
- Using a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until creamy
- Add in the egg and egg yolk, vanilla and beat to combine.
- Add in the baking soda, cornstarch, salt and flour and beat until a soft dough forms.
- Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop dough into your hands and roll it
- Place dough onto cookie sheet and bake 9-12 minutes.
- Once cookies are baked, place a melting wafer into the center of the cookie for the pad of the paw
- Then place 3 chocolate chips above the paw for the claws
- Repeat steps with remaining dough and cookies
- Let cookies cool for about 30 minutes before enjoying!
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Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 bag of ghiradelli dark chocolate melting wafers, only need 24 wafer chips
- 1 bag of semi sweet chocolate chips, only 3 chips go onto each cookie for the claws
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Line cookie sheet with a cookie mat (or parchment paper) and set aside
- Using a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar.
- Add in the egg, vanilla and beat to combine.
- Add in the baking soda, baking powder, salt and flour and beat until a soft dough forms.
- Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop dough into your hands and roll it into a ball. Roll in extra sugar if desired.
- Place dough onto cookie sheet 2 inches apart and bake 9-12 minutes.
- Once cookies are baked, place a melting wafer into the center of the cookie for the pad of the paw
- Then place 3 chocolate chips above the paw for the claws.
- Repeat steps with remaining dough and cookies.
- Let cookies cool for about 30 minutes before enjoying!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I made the cookies with my grandkids. They enjoyed making the paws. The picture my daughter shared with me listed different ingredients though. Like brown sugar and 2 eggs and cornstarch. It directed me to your site. I wanted to try the other recipe to see which tasted better.
Thanks Cindy!
These bear paw cookies were super easy and tasty! My 3-year old granddaughter loved making them! Thanks for a successful and tasty baking experience!
So glad to hear that. Thank you Sylvia!
These were really easy and super cute AND tasty
Thanks Kim!
Great recipe! They taste fantastic and look adorable.
Thanks Bean!
I didn’t have various sizes of choc chips so I did 2 choc chips for eyes and lenthgwise pieces of pecans for noses and made snowman faces.
How cute!
Tasty but they sure did not come out like the picture. I put the second tray in the fridge before baking and that didn’t help either.
They spread out flat.
I love these. This is my second Christmas to make them . . . . I’m making them right now. They are delicious, but such a fun cookie to serve as well.
Thanks Robbie!
I have a therapy dog who does READing to the Dog at our local library. Instead of calling them Bear paws I called them Puppy paws and they were a hit! Thanks for the idea. Very simple and easy to make.
That’s great Marcie. Thanks you!
These are “Great”. The kids love them, and this is the 2nd year I am making them for Christmas.
So glad to hear this Mary. Thanks!
I pinned this a while back and want to make them this Christmas. I cannot get the Ghiradelli chocolate, do you think a Hershey’s kiss would work? They look absolutely delicious.
Hi Robbie. Yes, Hershey’s kisses will work fine with these cookies.