Description
Delight your family and friends with these festive Easter Sugar Cookies. Soft, buttery cookies decorated with colorful icing and sprinkles, perfect for holiday celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookies:
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract (optional)
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
For Decorating:
- Royal icing or buttercream frosting
- Food coloring
- Pastel sprinkles
- Piping bags and tips (optional)
Instructions
- Cream Butter and Sugar: In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add Ingredients: Mix in egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Combine and Chill: Gradually add dry ingredients to wet, forming a dough. Chill in discs for 1 hour.
- Roll and Cut: Preheat oven, roll out dough, cut shapes, and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 8-10 minutes.
- Cool and Decorate: Cool cookies, then decorate with icing, sprinkles, or colored sugar.
Notes
- Chill cut-out cookies before baking for clean shapes.
- Royal icing for detailed finish, buttercream for easier decorating with kids.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus 1 hour chill time)
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 60mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
