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These Easy Easter Sugar Cookies are not only adorable but easy to make! Use already made dough and add one ingredient to make these sugar cookies. You and your family will have fun making and decorating these yummy treats!
Easter is a great time to make delicious sugar cookies with your kiddos! This was always a favorite activity to do when my kids were younger. The simple icing recipe helps to make pretty designs on the cookies.
Cookie Ingredients
- 1 package Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
Cookie Directions
Combine dough and flour. Roll to ¼” thickness. Cut out ½” x 3” rectangles. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes or until the edges start to brown.
Royal Icing Ingredients
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons meringue powder
- 8-12 tablespoons room temperature water
- Optional: Edible Markers
Royal Icing Instructions
In a stand mixer combine sugar and meringue powder. Add 8 tablespoons of water, using the whisk attachment, beat for 1 minute on low. Continue to add water one tablespoon at a time until the icing slowly drizzles from the whisk when lifted.
Once prepared – if the icing is too hard, add more water. Too runny, add more icing sugar.
Separate the icing into small mixing bowls and add desired food coloring. Mix well. Scoop the icing into piping bags or icing bottles.
Decorating Instructions
Line around the edge of the design with icing and fill the middle. Use a toothpick to poke bubbles or direct icing into holes. Allow each design area to dry before moving on. The icing should completely dry, at room temperature for at least four hours, before adding piping details to the top.
Design Tips
Polka Dots: before the flooded area dries, add dots of different colored icing.
Hearts: before the flooded area dries, add dots of different colored icing, drag a toothpick through each dot, creating a heart.
Zig zag design: before the flooded area dries, add stripes of different colored icing and then drag a toothpick through the stripes.
Sprinkles: before the flooded area dries, add sprinkles.
Candy: glue to the cookie with a drop of icing.
Edible marker: before using on the icing, allow the icing to completely harden for at least four hours.
Easter Sugar Cookies
Adorable and delicious Easter sugar cookies.
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients
- 1 package Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- 1/4 cup All purpose flour
Royal Icing Ingredients
- 4 cups Powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp Meringue powder
- 8-12 tbsp Room temperature water
- Gel food coloring
Instructions
Cookie Directions
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Combine dough and flour.
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Roll to ¼” thickness.
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Cut out ½” x 3” rectangles.
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Bake at 350 for 8 minutes or until the edges start to brown.
Royal Icing Directions
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In a stand mixer combine sugar and meringue powder.
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Add 8 tablespoons of water, using the whisk attachment, beat for 1 minute on low.
-
Continue to add water one tablespoon at a time until the icing slowly drizzles from the whisk when lifted.
-
Once prepared – if the icing is too hard, add more water. Too runny, add more icing sugar.
-
Separate the icing into small mixing bowls and add desired food coloring.
-
Mix well. Scoop the icing into piping bags or icing bottles.
Decorating Directions
-
Line around the edge of the design with icing and fill the middle.
-
Use a toothpick to poke bubbles or direct icing into holes.
-
Allow each design area to dry before moving on.
-
The icing should completely dry, at room temperature for at least four hours, before adding piping details to the top.
Design Tips
-
Polka Dots: before the flooded area dries, add dots of different colored icing.
-
Hearts: before the flooded area dries, add dots of different colored icing, drag a toothpick through each dot, creating a heart.
-
Zig zag design: before the flooded area dries, add stripes of different colored icing and then drag a toothpick through the stripes.
-
Sprinkles: before the flooded area dries, add sprinkles.
-
Candy: glue to the cookie with a drop of icing.
-
Edible marker: before using on the icing, allow the icing to completely harden for at least four hours
I would love to hear what you think about these Easter sugar cookies and if you gave them a try! Let me know in the comments!
If you liked this post then you might like some of our other yummy spring recipe posts!
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