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Easter Egg Cookies

u003cpu003eCelebrate Easter with these delightful, naturally colored Easter Egg Cookies! Using Color Kitchenu0026#39;s vibrant plant-based food colors, you can create a stunning array of pastel hues without any artificial dyes. These soft, buttery cookies are perfect for decorating with your family and make a beautiful, edible centerpiece for your Easter festivities.u003c/pu003e
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 20 cookies
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Cookies
  • 1/2 cup Unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 large Egg
  • 1 1/4 cup All-purpose Flour
  • 1/4 tsp Bakng Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
Icing
  • 1 Color Kitchen Frosting Mix with Sprinkles
  • 1 Color Kitchen Pink Color Packets
  • Color Kitchen Orange Color Packets
  • Color Kitchen Yellow Color Packets
  • 3 tbsp Milk or Milk Alternative

Method
 

Cookies
  1. In a stand mixer with a beater attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on high speed for 3-4 minutes.
  2. Add the eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture and beat on low speed until combined.
  3. Add the flour, salt, and baking powder and beat until all ingredients are combined in a smooth dough.
  4. Form the dough into a disk and wrap with plastic wrap.  Place in the fridge to cool for 1-2 hours.
  5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  6. When the dough is done chilling, roll it out into a ½-inch thick sheet.  Cut out cookie shapes using egg-shaped cookie cutters.
  7. Place the cookies on the baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.  Let cool for at least 15 minutes before decorating with icing.
Decorate
  1. Empty the powdered sugar from the frosting mix into a bowl.  Add the milk and mix until smooth.
  2. Spoon 3 tablespoons of the plain icing into a piping back with a small round top.  Pipe an oval border along the edges of each cookie.  Pipe a line in the middle, dividing the cookies in two halves.
  3. Divide the remaining icing between 3 bowls.  Add ¼ teaspoon of food coloring to each bowl of frosting and mix until combined.  Fill ½ of each cookie with the pastel icing.
  4. Add another ¼ teaspoon of food coloring to the bowls and mix until combined.  Use the deeper-colored icing to fill the other half of the cookies.
  5. Top the cookies with nonpareil sprinkles.