Description
Delightful Easter Sugar Cookies with a perfect balance of sweetness and texture, decorated with colorful icing and festive sprinkles. These cookies are an ideal treat for Easter celebrations or spring-themed gatherings.
Ingredients
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Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 1/4 cups flour
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp 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
- Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 350ยบF. This ensures that the oven is at the correct temperature when you’re ready to bake the cookies, resulting in even baking.
- Prepare baking sheet: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. This prevents the cookies from sticking to the sheet and makes for easy cleanup.
- Cream butter and sugar: In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together using a hand mixer. This process incorporates air into the mixture, creating a light and fluffy base for your cookies.
- Add wet ingredients: Add egg, milk, and vanilla to the butter-sugar mixture. Mix again until smooth. These ingredients provide moisture and flavor to the cookies.
- Incorporate dry ingredients: Add flour, baking powder, and salt to the wet ingredients. Mix until a dough forms. The dry ingredients give structure to the cookies and help them rise.
- Form cookie balls: Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place them onto the prepared baking sheet. This ensures uniform size and even baking.
- Flatten cookies: Using a glass dipped in flour, press each dough ball down until it is about 1/2-inch thick. This step creates the classic sugar cookie shape.
- Bake cookies: Bake for 9 minutes or until the tops begin to brown. Keep an eye on them to avoid over-baking.
- Cool cookies: Allow cookies to cool completely before icing. This prevents the icing from melting and sliding off the cookies.
- Prepare icing: Whisk powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla together. Adjust consistency as needed by adding more milk or powdered sugar.
- Color icing: Split icing between 4 small bowls. Add 2 drops of colored food coloring to each bowl, creating 4 different colored icings.
- Ice cookies: Dip cooled cookies into the icing, covering the surface evenly.
- Add sprinkles: Immediately add sprinkles of your choice to the iced cookies before the icing sets.
- Set and serve: Allow icing to harden completely before serving or storing the cookies.
Notes
- For best results, chill the dough for 30 minutes before rolling and cutting.
- Use cookie cutters in Easter shapes like eggs, bunnies, or chicks for a festive touch.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 75mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
