Easter Sugar Cookies Recipe
These Easter sugar cookies are decorated with pastel icing, adding a festive vibe to springtime gatherings. Everyone loves these easy-to-decorate cookies!
Servings: 84 cookies
Calories: 78kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter 3 sticks, softened
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract or coconut or almond extract
- 5 cups all-purpose flour plus more for rolling (see notes)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Sugar cookie icing dyed pink, yellow, purple, or whatever color you want
- Easter sprinkles
Instructions
- In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or using a hand mixer), cream butter and sugar together. Mix in eggs and extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the butter in batches, stirring until well combined.
- Divide the dough into four equal pieces. Shape each piece into a disc, wrap tightly in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 2 hours in the fridge (or 20 minutes in the freezer).
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Remove one disc from the fridge. Unwrap it and place it onto a floured surface. Roll the dough out until it is ⅛"-¼" thick.
- Cut with cookie cutters (we recommend Easter eggs, bunnies, flowers, or chicks!) and transfer to an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 6-8 minutes, watching closely. Cookies are done when bottoms are just barely golden. Remove cookies immediately from the baking sheet, and let cool completely on cooling rack before icing. Repeat with remaining dough, ensuring that the pans are cool to the touch before filling them with more cookie dough.
- Decorate with sugar cookie icing (keep it as white icing or add a few drops of food coloring to dye it) and sprinkles, as desired.
Notes
- The typical way to roll out sugar cookies is to use additional flour, but you can also use powdered sugar! The powdered sugar absorbs into the cookie while it bakes and doesn't leave any flour residue.
- Here is our favorite sugar cookie icing recipe for when it is decorating time!
- Always allow the cookies to cool fully before decorating with your icing!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 78kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 41mg | Potassium: 12mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 113IU | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.4mg
