Easter Sugar Cookies
These easter sugar cookies take classic, sweet sugar cookies and tops them with colorful icing to create a collection of rainbow-colored cookies that are perfect for any Easter get-togethr.
These delicious sugar cookies are as pretty as they are delicious. Pink, yellow, and green icing bring the colors of Easter and spring to your Easter table.
Easter Sugar Cookie
I love making sugar cookies. They're one of my go-tos whenever I make cookies. These delicious cookies are simple to make and the icing I added to the top makes them so colorful and fun.
Ingredients
You only need a few simple ingredients to make these equally simple cookies.
Cookie Ingredients:
- sugar
- butter
- eggs
- milk
- vanilla
- flour
- baking powder
- salt
Icing Ingredients:
- powdered sugar
- milk
- vanilla
- green, pink, yellow, and blue food coloring
- sprinkles of your choice
Instructions
It takes several steps to make these cookies, but they're all very easy when you break them down.
Cookie Directions
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
Step 2: Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
Step 3: In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together with a hand mixer.
Step 4: Add egg, milk, and vanilla. Mix again until smooth.
Step 5: Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until dough forms.
Step 6: Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place them onto a prepared baking sheet.
Step 7: Using a glass dipped in flour, press each dough ball down until it is about 1/2-inch thick.
Step 8: Bake for 9 minutes or until the tops begin to brown.
Step 9: Allow cookies to cool completely.
Icing Directions:
Step 10: Whisk powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla together.
Step 11: If icing is too thick, add more milk. If icing is too thin, add more powdered sugar.
Step 12: Split icing between 4 small bowls
Step 13: Add 2 drops of color food coloring to each bowl, creating 4 different colored icing.
Step 14: Dip cooled cookies into the icing.
Step 15: Immediately add sprinkles of your choice.
Step 16: Allow icing to harden and serve.
Equipment
You'll need a few simple tools to make these cookies.
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Bowls
- Whisk or fork
- Spoon
- Cookie sheet
- Wire cooling rack
Substitutions
Shortening: Use shortening instead of butter for fluffier cookies.
Options
Looking for ways to change up these Easter sugar cookies? Here are some suggestions.
Frosting: Use food coloring to color vanilla frosting for a different look and feel.
Your Favorite Sprinkles: Use any of your favorite colorful sprinkles. They come in all shapes and sizes.
Tips:
- Be sure your butter is fully softened before creaming it with the sugar.
- When making your icing, adjust the thickness so that it's easy to dip the cookies but not so thin that it won't stick.
- Always be sure your cookies are fully cooled before icing so that the icing sticks.
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FAQ
They'll keep for about a week in the refrigerator.
Dry or crumbly sugar cookies are most commonly caused by over-mixing or using too much flour.
It should be about the same consistency as play-doh.
Easter Sugar Cookies
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Easter Sugar Cookies
These iced Easter sugar cookies have all the flavor of our favorite cookie and all the colors of spring and Easter. AND they're super easy.
Ingredients
- Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 1/4 cups flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Icing Ingredients:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3-4 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- green, pink, yellow, and blue food coloring
- sprinkles of your choice
Instructions
- Cookie Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together with a hand mixer.
- Add egg, milk, and vanilla. Mix again until smooth.
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until dough forms. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place them onto a prepared baking sheet.
- Using a glass dipped in flour, press each dough ball down until it is about 1/2-inch thick.
- Bake for 9 minutes or until the tops begin to brown.
- Allow cookies to cool completely.
- Icing Directions:
- Whisk powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla together. (If icing is too thick, add more milk. If icing is too thin, add more powdered sugar.)
- Split icing between 4 small bowls
- Add 2 drops of color food coloring to each bowl, creating 4 different colored icing.
- Dip cooled cookies into the icing.
- Immediately add sprinkles of your choice.
- Allow icing to harden and serve.
Nutrition Information
Yield
30Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 173Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 24mgSodium 123mgCarbohydrates 30gFiber 0gSugar 19gProtein 2g
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