Easter Sugar Cookies with Carrot Decorations
Easter themed sugar cookies are the perfect treat for school classroom Easter or Spring parties! These light green iced sugar cookies with carrot decorations will do the trick!
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My son’s preschool planned an Easter egg hunt party, so I offered to bring in a fun and festive Easter snack. In the past, I used to make cupcakes for special occasions (p.s. now I’m crying because this post was from 2011!!! My babies are so old now!) But after years of making goodies for my kid’s classrooms, I have realized that decorated sugar cookies for Easter are a much better option! They are easy to transport, less messy than cupcakes, and perfect for little hands at preschool Easter parties.
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Aren’t they so cute???
Best Sugar Cookies Recipe for Decorating
For my sugar cookies, I use my mom’s tried and true classic sugar cookie recipe. If you’ve been a reader for a while, you know I love using family recipes, especially for my Christmas cookie decorating parties. Making sugar cookies for Easter is a great way to start a family tradition while baking something delicious!

Easy Royal Icing for Sugar Cookies
I make my own homemade royal icing for Easter cookies, and I promise it’s not as hard as it sounds! If you want to learn how to decorate sugar cookies with royal icing, this is a great beginner-friendly recipe. Plus, it tastes much better than store-bought icing!

How to Decorate Easter Sugar Cookies
I bought these adorable Easter sugar carrot decorations at my local Walmart. Once the cookies were iced, I placed one carrot on top and called it a day! If you’re looking for cute Easter cookies to make at home, these are a perfect option!

You can make a batch of these cookies in no time using a simple sugar cookie recipe and royal icing. They can be customized with different icing colors and designs, allowing you to create a variety of festive looks with simple decorating techniques!

More Easter Cookie Decorating Ideas
- Easter Egg Sugar Cookies with Colored Royal Icing – Use vibrant pastel royal icing to flood egg-shaped cookies and create a beautiful wet-on-wet icing design, like hearts, swirls, or polka dots. (See the full tutorial here: Easter Egg Sugar Cookies with Colored Royal Icing)
- Carrot-Themed Sugar Cookies – Use orange and green icing to create cute carrot designs
- Easter Bunny Cookies – Decorate bunny-shaped cookies with pastel royal icing and add a fluffy marshmallow tail
- Speckled Egg Cookies – Use a toothbrush to flick food coloring onto egg-shaped cookies for a speckled effect
- Cross-Shaped Easter Cookies – Decorate cross-shaped cookies with intricate piping or floral designs for a religious Easter treat
Printable Recipe Card

Easter Sugar Cookies with Carrot Decorations
Equipment
- Hand held Mixer with whisk
- 4 cup Pyrex measuring cup
- Piping bag and tips
Ingredients
Sugar Cookies
- 1/2 c butter I prefer to use salted butter
- 1 c granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg room temperature
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 c unbleached all-purpose flour sifted
Royal Icing
- 3 oz egg whites
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (use clear vanilla extract if desired)
- 4 c powdered sugar
Instructions
Sugar Cookies
- In a small mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar until fluffy
- Add vanilla and egg
- Sift dry ingredients together and add to cream mixture
- Chill dough thoroughly before rolling out and cutting with cookie cutters
- Bake on lightly greased sheet 400°F degrees 8-10 minutes (possibly less depending on oven. Do NOT let brown)
Royal Icing
- Separate egg whites from yolks
- Place egg whites into a mixing bowl
- Mix eggs until fluffy and airy
- Add in vanilla extract
- Mix in powdered sugar
- Mix until icing reaching a consistency of toothpaste *don't over mix
- Add food coloring
- Place in piping bags and decorate sugar cookies
Notes
I love them…and so did the kids! They were so cute and so easy to make! I would love to see your cookie creations! Share them on my Facebook page HERE and follow my Pinterest board for Cookie Decorating tips and tricks and inspiration!

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So pretty and I love the color of the icing. This would have been perfect for our Sweets Hop today.
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