Easy Easter Bunny Cookies

Easy Easter bunny cookies

Make your cookie dough from scratch or save time by using ready-mixed refrigerated dough…

 

Basic home-made cookie mix

(Makes around 24 large cookies)

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat stove to 350°F.
2. In a bowl, mix together the flour and baking powder.
3. In a separate bowl, cream together the margarine, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla extract.
4. Fold creamed mixture into dry ingredients and beat together.
5. Roll out cookie dough to 1/8 thickness on a lightly floured surface.
6. Use bunny-shaped cookie cutter to form cookie shapes and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake for 8-10 minutes until pale golden brown or according to instructions of using ready-made dough. Allow to cool before decorating.

Bunny decorations

• Cake frosting
• Food coloring
• Icing pen
• Tube icing
• Large and mini marshmallows
• Chocolate chips
• M&M’s
• Oreos

1. Cover cookies with frosting.
2. Position two chocolate chip eyes, an M&M nose and mini-marshmallow cheeks.
3. Draw on whiskers with icing pen.
4. Alternately, use dabs of tube icing to stick chocolate chips, M&M and mini-marshmallows onto unfrosted cookie. Then use the tube icing in long strands to form the bunny’s whiskers.

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