Easter Sugar Cookies with Carrot Decorations
This Easter Egg Sugar Cookie recipe is easy to make using simple ingredients like flour, sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla, topped with customizable royal icing for a fun and festive treat perfect for any Easter celebration!
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
💡 Pro Tip: Rather than making multiple batches of royal icing, simply divide one batch into smaller bowls and mix in your desired food coloring for a variety of colors!
💡 Pro Tip: For perfect cookies, bake on a lightly greased sheet at 400°F for 8-10 minutes, keeping a close eye on them—remove before they start to brown for the best texture!
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