Easter Sugar Cookies
These Easter sugar cookies are soft, buttery, and perfectly sweet. They’re a fun and delicious way to celebrate spring. Easy to make and even more fun to decorate, these cookies are a holiday favorite for kids and adults alike.
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Servings: 24 cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pkg refrigerated sugar cookie dough 18 oz
- 1 box confectioners' sugar 16 oz, sifted
- 6 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons meringue powder
- Food coloring
- 12 large marshmallows
- Pastel flower shaped candy decors
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Prepare 24 round cookies according to the package directions.
- Place cookies on baking sheets. Bake cookies until golden brown (8 - 10 minutes).
- Cool on wire racks placed over waxed paper.
- In a medium bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, water, and meringue powder.
- Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture is smooth.
- Divide the glaze among several small bowls; tint with food coloring.
- Cut marshmallows in half horizontally.
- Place a marshmallow, cut in half with one side down, in the center of each cookie.
- Spoon glaze over each cookie, coating the marshmallow and cookie evenly. Let dry.
- Decorate the hats.
Notes
With these hats, you can be as creative as you want. For St. Patrick's Day, you can use the whole marshmallow and green glaze to make top hat cookies or use whole marshmallows and chocolate glaze to make pilgrims hats for Thanksgiving!