Some of my Easter Cookies |
Easter Cookies I brought my family |
Easter Cookies on display at my brother and sister in law's place |
Ingredients
5 cups King Arthur All Purpose Flour
2 cups Vanilla Sugar
1 teaspoon Coarse Salt
2 cups (4 sticks) Unsalted Butter, softened
1 tablespoon Coconut Milk
2 Large Eggs
3 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
Peter Rabbit Wafer Paper Designs |
Peter Rabbit Wafer Paper Design, close-up |
Directions
Whisk together flour and salt; set aside.
Cream butter and vanilla sugar in a hand held mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment on low; 1-2 minutes. Do not overmix.
Scrape sides of bowl with spatula and mix for 10 seconds.
Peeps Cookies |
Peeps Cookies |
Peeps Cookies |
Add coconut milk and vanilla extract, and mix on low until incorporated, about 20-25 seconds.
With mixer on low speed, slowly add flour mixture and incorporate. The dough is ready when it begins to clump around paddle attachment.
Bunny Tails |
Bunny Tails with Chocolate Curls |
Bunny Tail, close-up |
Take half of the dough leaving unused dough covered with plastic wrap in fridge until ready to use.
Heat oven to 350°F.
Bunny Tails with Mini Marshmallows |
Bunny Tails, close-up |
Bunny Tails |
Take cutters and make shapes. Repeat until you use all the dough.
Place onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, and put in freezer for 15 minutes. The cookies hold their shape when you do this.
Bunnies |
Bunnies, close-up |
Bunnies |
More Bunnies |
Wait 2-3 minutes before transferring cookies on cooling racks to complete cooling.
Decorate once cookies have cooled completely.
Bunny Butts |
Bunny Tracks |
Large Batch Royal Icing
Ingredients
8 Egg Whites
8 teaspoons Lemon Juice, freshly squeezed
12 cups Confectioners'/Powdered Sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon Clear Vanilla Extract
1-4 tablespoons Water, As Needed
Chicks and Hatching Chicks |
Chick and Hatching Chick |
Chicks and Hatching Chicks |
Hatching Chick and Chick |
Directions
In a large bowl, sift confectioners'/powdered sugar; set aside.
In a bowl, add egg whites.
In a bowl, whisk together the egg whites and lemon juice.
Transfer to stand or hand held mixer with paddle attachment and mix on high for 1-2 minutes.
Add vanilla extract and mix for 5-10 seconds.
With mixer speed on low, slowly add sifted sugar and beat on low until smooth.
If needed, you may add 1 teaspoon of water at a time until you reach the right consistency.
Watch the Joy of Baking (link at the end) video for both Flooding Consistency and Piping Consistency Royal Icing. If you prefer a recipe using Meringue Powder, it is also
available at this link.
Carrot and Lamb Cookies |
Carrot Cookies |
Lamb Cookies |
Egg-Free Icing
(Double recipe if you have more than 40 cookies)
6 cups Confectioners'/Powdered Sugar, sifted
1/2 cup Whole Milk + 1 tablespoon extra (for flooding cookies)
1/4 cup Light Corn Syrup
2 teaspoons Clear Vanilla Extract
Easter Egg Cookies |
Speckled Egg Cookies |
Directions
In a large bowl, sift confectioners/powdered sugar; set aside.
Using stand or hand held mixer with paddle attachment on medium-high speed, combine sugar and
1/4 cup of milk and mix for 1-2 minutes until smooth.
Add remaining 1/4 cup of milk one tablespoon at a time until you reach the consistency you need.
Add corn syrup, vanilla extract and mix for 10 seconds.
Note: The corn syrup gives the icing a lovely shine.
Easter Cookies for hubster! ;) |
I used AmeriColor Soft Gel Paste Food Color in various colors. Use 1-2 drops at a time until you have the color you need.
Keep the containers covered until you are ready to color.
I transferred the icing immediately into squeeze bottles.
If the royal icing hardens due to exposure to air, use a spray bottle and spray a little bit of water and shake bottle well holding the tip with your finger. Test the icing consistency on a paper towel before decorating the cookie. Try to avoid this by making sure you keep the icing covered as adding extra water can make the icing bleed.
I outlined the cookies first and then filled them.
Use a paintbrush or cookie stick to reach edges, and use tip of cookie stick or a toothpick to pop any air bubbles.
Sprinkles, Colored Sanding Sugars, Sugar Pearls, etc... I used. I did not end up using the Mini Chips. |
I used AmeriColor Gourmet Writer Food Decorating Pens (Certified U.S. food grade) for some of the designs.
Let cookies dry overnight. This is essential so the icing does not stick together when you stack them or place in cookie tins for gifts.
If you are baking and it is humid, you may need more time for the cookies to dry.
For further information:
Please visit, Sweetopia for the Vanilla Sugar Cookie Recipe:
http://sweetopia.net/2009/12/sugar-cookie-recipe/
Please visit, Joy of Baking for the Royal Icing Recipe and Video Tutorial:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/RoyalIcing.html
Please visit, The Slow Roasted Italian for the Egg-Free Icing Recipe:
http://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/2013/12/best-tasting-sugar-cookie-icing-recipe.html
I was inspired by Sweet Sugarbelle's Decorated Peep Cookies to make the Peeps Cookies:
http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2014/02/decorated-peeps-cookies/
I was inspired by Sweet Sugarbelle's Bunny Face Cookies and made one:
http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2013/04/bunny-face-cookies/
I used Sweet Sugarbelle's Polar Bear Cookies Tutorial to make the cheeks using lustre dust for the bunny cheeks:
http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2013/01/easy-polar-bear-cookies/
I was inspired by Sweet Sugarbelle's Bunny Track Cookies and made some:
http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2014/03/bunny-track-cookies/
I was inspired by Noshing With The Nolands Bunny Bum Cookies to make the Bunny Butt Cookies:
https://noshingwiththenolands.com/bunny-bum-cookies/
I was inspired by Pin-Up Cake to make the Easter Egg Marbled Designs
https://pin-upcake.blogspot.com/2013/03/wielkanocne-lukrowane-ciasteczka.html
I was inspired by Erica's Sweet Tooth Malted Milk Speckled Egg Cookies to make the Speckled Egg Cookies:
http://www.ericasweettooth.com/2015/03/malted-milk-speckled-egg-cookies.html
Enjoy!
-Sophia/Two Frys
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