Easter Egg Cookies

Even if you have Easter-themed cookie cutters, it’s easy to use a paring knife to cut out freehand egg and bunny shapes. You may be surprised at how good your kids can be at decorating the cookies; give them a ziplock bag of icing and watch them go!

Sharon Bowers

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Ingredients

1 recipe Sugar Cookies (see link to recipe below)		1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 egg white		2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon lemon juice

directions

Prep: 45 min Total:

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1
Cut and bake the cookies in your desired shapes. (Even simple circles are fun with bright Easter colors.)
2
To make the royal icing, use a mixer on medium speed to beat the egg white with the lemon juice until frothy. Gradually add the confectioners’ sugar, then turn up the mixer to high and beat for 3-4 minutes, until the icing is thick and glossy.
3
Scoop about one-third of the icing into a ziplock bag and press a sheet of plastic wrap over the surface of the remaining icing in the bowl. Seal the ziplock bag and use scissors to snip off just the tip of one of the bottom corners. Use this thin stream of icing to pipe a border around the outside edge of the cooled cookies.
4
Let the piped cookies dry for 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile, stir 2 tablespoons of water into the remaining icing in the bowl, whisking with a fork until smooth and runny.
5
Divide the remaining icing into 3 or 4 smaller bowls or cups and color each as desired. Start with only 1 drop of food coloring in each bowl and stir it in. Pale pastels look more Easter-like than bright, intense colors. Put each color into a ziplock bag and snip off a tiny corner when ready to use. Flood each cookie with the colored icing, staying within the piped border and being careful not to overrun.
6
Let the cookies dry completely, which may take up to 2 hours. When the cookies are dry, use the remaining icing to pipe on dots and stripes as desired. Or, while the icing’s still wet on the cookies, you can sprinkle on colored sugar or press on dragees or other decorations.

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Easter Egg Cookies

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