Speckled Easter Egg Cookies
Calories: 13
Adjust Servings Here: 20 Cookies
Description
These speckled Easter egg cookies are buttery sugar cookies decorated with blue buttercream or sugar glaze and finished with cocoa speckles for a robin egg look.
Ingredients
Cookie dough
- 226 g (cup) Unsalted butter softened (1 cup)
- 120 g (cup) Powdered sugar
- 1 large Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 315 g (cups) All-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp Salt
Buttercream Frosting
- 113 g (cups) Unsalted butter softened (½ cup)
- 180 g (cups) Powdered sugar
- 1 - 2 tbsp Milk or cream
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 - 2 Drop Blue gel food coloring as needed
Sugar Glaze
- 120 g (1 cup) Powdered sugar
- 1 - 2 tbsp Milk
- 1 - 2 drops Blue gel food coloring as needed
Speckled finsih
- 1 tsp Cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp Water
Instructions
- Make the dough - In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and powdered sugar until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla, then mix in the flour and salt until a soft dough forms. Wrap and chill for an hour until firm enough to roll.226 g Unsalted butter, 120 g Powdered sugar , 1 large Egg, 1 tsp Vanilla extract , 315 g All-purpose flour , ¼ tsp Salt
- Cut the cookies - Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface and cut with an egg-shaped cookie cutter. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies - Bake until the edges are just lightly golden. Let cool completely before decorating.
- Decorate with buttercream - Tint the buttercream a soft robin egg blue, then spread or pipe it over the cookies for a soft textured finish.113 g Unsalted butter, 180 g Powdered sugar, 1 - 2 tbsp Milk or cream , 1 tsp Vanilla extract , 1 - 2 Drop Blue gel food coloring
- Decorate with glaze - Mix a thick sugar glaze, tint it blue, and spread or dip the tops of the cookies for a smooth finish.120 g Powdered sugar , 1 - 2 tbsp Milk , 1 - 2 drops Blue gel food coloring
- Add the speckles - Mix cocoa powder with a little water, then flick it lightly over the decorated cookies using a clean pastry brush or small food-safe brush.1 tsp Cocoa powder, 1 tbsp Water
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