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    Easter Cookies

    Published: March 27, 2023 | Last Updated: April 4, 2024 | Lisa 1 Comment
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    Easter cookies shaped like bunnies, flowers, and eggs decorated with white icing and pastel sprinkles.

    Last Updated April 4th, 2024 at 08:59 am by Lisa

    Bake these Easter Cookies with classic sugar cookie dough, drizzled with easy buttercream vanilla icing, and lots of cute pastel sprinkles on top!

    You will love this frosting. This wet icing sets up fast once chilled in the fridge. So you decorate quickly and can stack the iced cookies on a platter or pack them into boxes to share. These cute Spring cookies are so happy and bright...

    A large sheet pan lined with parchment paper and baked and decorated Easter cookies with sprinkles and icing.Pin

    How To Make Easter Sugar Cookies

    For years every time I make these butter cookies for Easter brunch, people go crazy. I honestly use the same recipe for Christmas too, these Easter egg cookies are soooo soft and chewy. And make a nice gift for friends and family, you can wrap them in little pastry containers or cookie bags.

    And for all, you avid cookie decorators, take a look at my royal icing using edible pens for more decorated cookie inspiration! You can make royal icing with meringue powder or egg whites and flood the surface of cookies with white royal icing. Let it dry, then kids can write sweet notes to the Easter bunny and have a little bit of fun creating their own designs.

    Happy decorating your Easter egg sugar cookies!

    Cut Out Sugar Cookie Ingredients

    • butter
    • granulated sugar
    • EggBeaters or an Egg
    • baking powder
    • orange juice freshly squeezed from an orange
    • good vanilla extract
    • all-purpose flour

    Vanilla Buttercream Icing Ingredients

    • powdered sugar
    • butter softened, room temperature
    • vanilla extract (or swap in almond extract)
    • milk  
    • Easter sprinkles

    Cookie Recipe Instructions

    1. In a large bowl or an electric mixer, add sugar and softened butter. Mix until combined on medium speed.
    2. Next add egg, baking powder, orange juice, vanilla, and mix. Next, add flour gradually, and mix until the dry ingredients are well combined.
    3. Wrap cookie dough in plastic food wrap and chill dough until firm for 1-2 hours.
    4. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to ¼ thickness using a rolling pin and a pastry mat for easy cleanup.
    5. Use Easter shaped cutter to cut out the cookies from the rolled-out dough. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet or cookie sheets at least 1-2 inches apart.
    6. Heat oven to 400 degrees, and bake for 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
    7. Cool the cookies completely on their baking tray or a wire rack, and then decorate. Leave on the cooling rack for 8-10 minutes.
    8. Spread the frosting with a small offset spatula, use Ziploc bag, or piping bag to pipe out curvy squiggle patterns, white dots, or your own design.
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    PRO TIP: Chilling the dough really helps the cookies to cut easier and hold their shape while baking. 

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    Make The Vanilla Buttercream Icing

    1. Cream room temperature butter with a hand mixer, the paddle attachment of a stand mixer, or a wooden spoon until smooth and fluffy. Next, slowly add the powdered sugar until fully incorporated.
    2. Add milk and the vanilla extract, then beat for an additional 3 to 4 minutes.
    3. Add more milk if necessary to make it soft to ice the cookies.

    Cookie Decorating

    1. Fill a strong ziptop bag and snip the end or, fill a pastry bag fitted with a small tip, and pipe a zig-zag line back and forth over each cookie going back and forth.
    2. Next, add sprinkles on top of the frosting.
    3. Chill the cookies in a single layer in the refrigerator to set the icing.
    4. Stack on a plate and enjoy!
    Two steps showing cutting out Easter cookies on a pastry mat and them baked on top of the oven.Pin

    PRO BAKING TIP: Load frosting in a zip-top or pastry bag, snip a small corner off, and use a back and forth motion to ice your cookies then add colorful sprinkles. This is the easiest way to decorate a lot of cookies fast!

    Easter Cookie Cutters & Shapes

    A great way to celebrate Spring and Easter is with different-shaped cookies. Here are some inspiring ideas for you to try, or why not make one huge giant sugar cookie and decorate it as a family!

    Another great option if you are short on time is to buy cookie kits at your local supermarket or grocery store. They will have pre-baked cookies and frosting ready to go!

    • Carrot Cookie Cutter ~ use orange and green icing
    • Bunny Cookies
    • Bunny Head
    • Flowers - daisies, tulips, and roses
    • Easter eggs ~ use egg cookie cutters
    • Baby Chicks
    • Easter Baskets
    • Spring Shapes (flowers, ducks, bunnies)
    • Egg Shapes ~ add squiggles, lines, and dots!
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    Easter Designs

    Sugar cookies are great, if you want to make another recipe try my Simple Shortbread Cookies with different spring flavors like mint, lemon, or orange to make them your own creation and put your fun twists on them.

    • Order some Easter Sprinkles with carrots, eggs, and bunnies
    • Try Edible Markers to write on the surface of the sugar cookies!
    • Color Icing: liquid food colouring will color any white icing
    • Drizzle Icing: sprinkle mini white or chocolate chips, crushed candy, or jelly beans
    • Flavor Additions: add some lemon, lime, or orange zest to your cookie dough or icing for great fresh flavor. Or add lemon or orange extract.
    • Melted Chocolate: gel food colouring works great to color white chocolate to make it pastel colors, or orange and green for carrots
    • Pastel Sprinkles: mix your own with sprinkles at home; mix pink, green, pastel blue, and yellow sprinkles and use up some things you have on hand
    • Chocolate Eggs: bake egg shape cookies, spread chocolate brown icing, and add chocolate sprinkles with color dots and squiggle lines
    • Color Sugars: white sanding sugar or even regular sugar can be colored with drops of food coloring in a zip bag
    • Homemade Frosting Recipes: Add my White Frosting, Chocolate Frosting, or cream cheese frosting to your cookies.

    Sugar Cookies & Frosting FAQ

    How long will sugar cookies last in the refrigerator?


    The best way to keep them fresh for at least two weeks is wrapped in plastic wrap in an airtight container or sealed plastic bag.

    Can sugar cookies with frosting be frozen?


    Yes, a good way to store them is in a sealed container or on a paper plate covered with a zip-top bag.

    Can you freeze buttercream frosting?


    You can freeze buttercream frosting. When ready to use it, simply place it on the kitchen counter and bring it to room temperature. Remix or whip if too stiff. You can add a bit more milk to thin out the frosting to the right consistency.

    Easter Dinner Recipes

    Take a look at dozens of 80+ Easter Menu Ideas included in this collection of recipes. You will find all the traditional Easter Dinner classics like Glazed Ham, a grilled Rack of Lamb, sides like glazed carrots, Roasted Baby Potatoes, or Mashed Potatoes, and scrumptious desserts like an adorable Bunny Cake.

    There are also inspiring non-traditional Easter dishes, fresh new appetizers like Deviled Eggs that look like little Spring baskets, drinks, cocktails, potluck sides, and more for your celebration after Easter egg hunts.

    A collage of Easter dinner recipes including ham, bunny cake, beef roast, Easter cookies and cupcakes.Pin

    More Easter Desserts

    Some of my favorite easy Easter treats are these adorable Easter Bunny Cupcakes that are all so easy you won't believe it. Or this adorable Easter Bunny Cake, which is made from two 9" round cakes.

    Or bake up these elegant Coconut Macaroon Cookies, they are so pretty on the Easter dinner table. Take a look at my collection of Easter Desserts for your Easter Celebration.

    • A display of Easter cupcakes decorated with chocolate bunnies and green sprinkles.
      Chocolate Easter Bunny Cupcakes
    • An adorable bunny cake on a hot pink background surrounded with jelly beans.
      Easter Bunny Cake
    • An overhead view of fresh baked and decorated Easter dessert coconut macaroon cookies.
      Easter Coconut Macaroons
    • Easter Dessert recipes showing bright colored bunny cupcakes and Easter bunny cakes and desserts.
      Easter Dessert Recipes

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    Easy Easter Sugar Cookies

    Bake these Easter Cookies with classic sugar cookie dough, drizzled with easy buttercream vanilla icing, and lots of cute pastel sprinkles on top!
    You will love this frosting. This wet icing sets up fast once chilled in the fridge. So you decorate quickly and can stack the iced cookies on a platter or pack them into boxes to share. These cute Spring cookies are so happy and bright.
    Prep Time 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
    3 days days
    Total Time 40 minutes minutes
    Servings 36
    Calories 178kcal
    Author Lisa Hatfield

    Equipment

    Easter Cookie Cutters
    Easter Egg Sprinkles
    Wire Baking Rack
    Americolor Soft Gel Food Color - 6 Colors
    Non-Stick Pastry Dough Mat

    Ingredients

    Cookie Recipe

    • 1 cup butter softened
    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • 1 egg I used EggBeaters, it works perfectly!
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 2 tablespoons orange juice freshly squeezed from an orange
    • 1 tablespoon good vanilla extract
    • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

    Vanilla Buttercream Icing

    • 4 cups powdered sugar
    • ½ cup butter   softened, room temperature
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 4-6 tablespoons milk  add more milk if necessary until icing is easy to decorate on cookies
    • festive Easter sprinkles
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    Instructions

    Cookie Instructions

    • In a large mixing bowl or an electric mixer, add sugar and softened butter. Mix until combined on medium speed.
    • Next add egg, baking powder, orange juice, vanilla, and mix. Next, add flour gradually, and mix until the dry ingredients are well combined.
    • Wrap cookie dough in plastic food wrap and chill dough until firm for 1-2 hours.
    • On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to ¼ thickness using a rolling pin and a pastry mat for easy cleanup.
    • Use Easter shaped cutter to cut out the cookies from the rolled-out dough. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet or cookie sheets at least 1-2 inches apart.
    • Heat oven to 400 degrees, and bake 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
    • Cool the cookies completely on their baking tray or a wire rack, and then decorate.

    Vanilla Buttercream

    • Cream room temperature butter with a hand mixer, the paddle attachment of a stand mixer, or a wooden spoon until smooth and fluffy. Next, slowly add the powder sugar until fully incorporated.
    • Add milk and the vanilla extract, then beat for an additional 3 to 4 minutes. Add more tablespoons of milk if necessary to make it soft and the correct consistency to ice the cookies.

    Decorate The Cookies

    • Fill a strong zip top bag and snip the end or, fill a pastry bag fitted with a small tip, and pipe a zig zag line back and forth over each cookie going back and forth.
    • Next, add sprinkles on top of the icing. Enjoy!
    • Chill the cookies in a single layer on a piece of wax paper in the refrigerator to set the icing quickly.
    • Then stack in a container, keep chilled. Will stay good in fridge up to two weeks.

    Notes

    cookie dough

    Chilling the dough really helps the cookies to cut easier and hold their shape while baking. 

    buttercream frosting

    You can freeze this buttercream, simply place it on the kitchen counter and bring it to room temperature. Snip a small corner off the zip-top bag, and use a back and forth motion to ice your cookies, then add colorful Easter sprinkles. 
     
     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 71mg | Potassium: 30mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 248IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. Helen Wallings says

      March 20, 2022 at 1:52 pm

      5 stars
      Such a good sugar cookie recipe, they are soft! Cute way to decorate them too.

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