Watermelon Cookie Bars

Is there a more iconic summer fruit than watermelon? I think not! So I made a dessert just in it’s honor!

Using this recipe for gluten free cookie bars (you can also make them with regular flour), and frosting that I colored pink and green, I created pie slice shapes then decorated to look like watermelon slices.

I used a 9 inch round instead of a square like the recipe calls for. Prepare dough and bake according to recipe directions. Be sure to adjust for your oven- I ended up cooking mine for only 18 minutes.

Once out of the oven, let the giant cookie cool completely. Once cooled, cut into 6 pie slice shapes. With green frosting, decorate the crust of the cookie bar to resemble the rind of a watermelon. Frost the remaining slice with pink frosting. Lastly, top with chocolate chips to act as the watermelon’s “seeds".”

This recipe was really tasty! Crumbly on the outside but a little chew in the middle- I would definitely make it again. Let me know if you turn yours into watermelon slices too!

Thank you Shay from What The Fork for the great recipe!