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Easter Bunny Cookies, fun to make!

March 31, 2023 by Tania Leave a Comment

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Easter Bunny cookies, aren’t they extra cute?

Decorating these Easter themed cookies can be a fun and creative activity for both adults and kids alike. Use any colours or sprinkles you like to bring a smile to anyone’s face or add a touch of sparkle to your Easter table

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The most delicious shortbread cookies ever!

This recipe makes great cookies and, Easter or not, the recipe is a keeper.

Shortbreads are always easy to decorate and store and these have special qualities. The brown sugar in this recipe adds a deep, caramel flavor that sets these cookies apart from traditional shortbread. The richness of the brown sugar pairs perfectly with the buttery crumbly texture of shortbread, resulting in a cookie that is both flavourful and a bit more crunchy. They do get softer quicker due to the high water content in the brown sugar though> If you want them to stay extra crispy for longer use the same amount of caster sugar

Making Easter Bunny Cookies only requires some basic ingredients that you probably already have. Once you have your ingredients you can start making your cookie dough. This is where the fun starts. You can use cookie cutters in fun Easter themed shapes like bunnies, eggs, or chicks to create your own unique designs. I love this shop has a wide range of cookie cutters, sprinkles, food colours, and even boxes to pack them up, so you can add colour and sparkle to your designs.

Bunny cookies

Once your cookies are decorated you can share them with family and friends as a special Easter treat that means so much more than an Easter chocolate from the supermarket. Easter bunny Cookies make a great addition to easter baskets, school shareable, and picnics. Why not showcase your creativity in the kitchen? Its easy.

Packaged easter Cookies

What do I need to make Easter Bunny Cookies?

  • Plain flour. Just choose a simple flour
  • Brown sugar makes for extra taste, colour, and texture
  • Caster sugar, well this makes crunch and yum!
  • Butter, we can’t do it without butter. Its best to use unsalted butter but if you don’t have any then omit the salt in the recipe
  • Eggs, free range of course
  • vanilla, beans, extract or essence whatever you have
  • Salt, table – just a sprinkle
  • Baking powder for that tiny bit of lift
The steps to making Easter shortbread

Here are the easy steps to make shortbread.

  • Cream the soft butter with both the sugars and the vanilla
  • Add the eggs and mix again
  • Next, add the flour mixed with the salt and stir through half at a time (to prevent a flour storm)
  • Roll between two pieces of paper and then chill until firm.
  • Cut out cookies and put them onto trays. You can reroll the dough, though, after the second roll, the dough will start to get a bit tough and bitty
  • Chill the cookies again if you have room in the fridge then bake at 170C for approximately 12-15 minutes or until golden around the edges and firm on the top. Cool
rolling and cutting shortbreads

What kind of tools do I need to decorate?

Decorating cookies is the most fun of all. Of course, there are no real rules but here are some tips

1. Get a small piping bag from the supermarket to trace around the cookies making clean lines. The ones below are available at supermarkets

2 and 3. Use all kinds of sprinkles or colours along with Easter eggs or whatever you want! I have a stash from here

4. Royal Icing. I have instructions for you to make your own but if you like buy ready made icing. Just add water.

Tools to decorate
Making Royal Icing
Whipping up royal icing. It is thinned after it is made ready for piping onto cookies

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Easter Bunny Cookies

Easter Bunny cookies, aren't they cute? Decorating these Easter themed cookies can be a fun and creative activity for both adults and kids alike. Use any colours or sprinkles you like to bring a smile to anyone's face or add a touch of sparkle to your Easter table
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 12 minutes mins
Course Biscuits, Cookies, shortbread
Cuisine Easter

Ingredients
  

  • 115 gm butter, chopped room temperature 4 oz or a stick
  • 100 gm brown sugar 1/2 cup
  • 50 gm caster sugar 1/4 cup
  • 1 whole egg (50 gm)
  • 5 gm vanilla 1 tspoon
  • 2 gm salt 1/4 teaspoon
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 225 gm flour 1 1/2 cups

Icing

  • 240 gm icing sugar 1 3/4 cups
  • 10 gm egg white powder 2 Tbsp
  • 125 ml water 1/2 cup

decorations

  • 50 gm sprinkles 1.7 oz
  • 16 easter eggs

Instructions
 

Cookies

  • Prepare the oven at 160C / 320 F. line a baking tray and get out your cute cutters
  • Put the softened butter into the bowl of a mixer along with both sugars. Beat until creamed together and very smooth. Add the egg and vanilla then beat together. You can also use a hand mixer to beat the butter and sugar together.
  • Add the flour half at a time (to stop it from flying everywhere), and mix in. This will make a soft dough.
    Using a hand mixer you may have to add half the flour then mix the rest in by hand.
  • Place the dough between two pieces of baking paper and roll out to about 1 cm or a 1/4 of an inch. Refrigerate until firm, approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Cut shapes and put them onto the tray 3 cm / 1 inch apart. bake for 10 to 14 minutes or until just starting to colour. The cookies will firm up when cold.

Royal icing

  • Add the icing sugar to the cleaned bowl of the planetary mixer. Mix in the egg white powder and then add 1/2 of the water (65 ml). Whisk until thick and fluffy.
    Pour into two separate bowls. Add a bit of water at a time until the consistency is a little looser. It should not be too runny.
  • Use a small p[iping bag and trace around the outsides of each cookie and then fill with the icing. Spread by using a toothpick. The icing will set after about 30 to 60 minutes
  • Use sprinkles and small easter eggs to decorate while the icing is wet
  • Makes around 14 cookies

Notes

Always use scales to measure ingredients for the best results
Chilling and resting dough helps to make it lighter and less tough. When mixing doughs together gluten is formed. To prevent this from becoming a problem knead as little as possible just to bring the dough together and always chill and rest
Chilling also keeps the butter from leaching out of the dough.
These cookies are made with a simple design of sprinkles and eggs so anyone can make them. Use whatever designs or sprinkles you like. You could even put eyes or faces onto your cookies
If using packet royal icing just follow the directions. Packet mix or making your own has the same method. the packet mix has the same ingredients. icing sugar and meringue or egg powder. If buying the powder you can get either of these two and the recipe will still work
If adding colours add them when you put the royal icing into a bowl. Add a few drops of colour and mix in. be careful with liquid colours if you use these as they can thin down the icing too much. Substitute some water for colour when adding this type of colour
Can my kids spread royal icing with a knife and cover it with sprinkles?
Yes they can!
 
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