Easter Egg Cookies with royal icing (meringue powder recipe) are easy, festive, and perfect for decorating. Get icing tips also. No corn syrup recipe.
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Homemade Easter Treats!
I would encourage you to make homemade easter treats like these egg cookies even though your children's baskets and pockets will probably be laden with store-bought candy.
In addition to these Easter Cookies with Royal Icing, try these No-Bake Bunny Feet Cookies, no-chill Bunny Roll Out Cookies, or No-Bake Bird's Nest Cookies or Shredded Wheat Easter Nests.
How to Make Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
Note! Process photos are shown with a stand mixer but you can totally use a hand mixer.
This is a sugar cookie dough that you have to chill for two hours.
Chilling helps the dough from spreading while baking. You want to maintain those egg shapes!
This is my most popular foolproof no-chill rolled sugar cookie recipe if you don't want to mess around with a recipe you don't have to chill.
Make the Royal Icing
Royal icing is easy to make. It's basically like making a cookie dough only fewer ingredients.
If you'd rather, you can also just use an easy cookie icing.
This quick icing forms a glaze that hardens but you can just dip the tops of the cookies in it and then top with sprinkles if you'd like.
Royal Icing without Corn Syrup Ingredients
- Powdered Sugar or Confectioner's Sugar
- Meringue Powder
- Water
- Gel food coloring (optional)
- Sprinkles (optional) Where can I find sprinkles?
Mix powdered sugar, meringue powder and water in a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer or your stand mixer with the balloon attachment.
This icing recipe as written is on the thicker side, which is easier for children to use.
But if this royal icing is too thick, add a tablespoon of water at a time until you reach the consistency you like.
Whoops, too much water? Add a tablespoon of powdered sugar until you get it right!
Once combined, separate the royal icing into bowls so you can dye individual colors.
Don't forget to leave a bowl of icing without color so you have a white accent to use if you like.
Put each color in a piping bag or a ziplock with a rubber band at the end so you don't have any icing fall out.
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How to Decorate Easter Egg Cookies with Royal Icing
After you've outlined the cookie, move inward around the cookie until it’s mostly filled with icing.
Use a toothpick to help fill in empty spaces after the icing is piped.
Swirl the toothpick in a circular motion to move the icing into the gaps.
The icing will smooth as it dries.
Before the icing sets, decorate with sprinkles if desired.
Easter Egg Cookie Cutters
You can find cookie cutters, like sprinkles, almost anywhere that sells food and/or craft supplies.
I found this variety pack of egg shaped cookie cutters on Amazon. This is a good choice because you get four egg shaped cutter in a range of sizes from the larger 4-inch to two-inch.
I like a variety when I'm cutting out cookies in case I have a scrap of dough left that's not big enough for the big cutter.
But you can also just find a single egg cookie cutter like this Ann Clark.
But remember, if you do have leftover sugar cookie dough, you could just bake it as is, just like I do with leftover pie crust dough for pie crust cookies.
Easter Sprinkles for Cookies
Easter sprinkles can be found really anywhere, including Michael's, Amazon and most likely your local grocery store.
Remember that sprinkles really don't have an expiration date.
Maybe you don't want to use 10 year old sprinkles but I've used five year old sprinkles and no one died.
Check out this variety pack of Easter Sprinkles
Cottontail Sprinkle Mix (two-ounce bottle)
Spring Chicken Sprinkle Mix (adorbs!)
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Recipe
Easter Egg Cookies with Royal Icing
Easter Egg Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing will be the star of your Easter Dinner Table!
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1.5 tablespoons milk or orange juice
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 cups all purpose flour (spooned and leveled
- Royal Icing
- 2 pounds (7.5 cups approximately) powdered sugar
- 4 teaspoons meringue powder
- ⅔ cup water
- Food coloring gel
- Sprinkles (if desired)
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until well combined.
Add the vanilla extract and egg and beat until combined. With the mixer running on low speed, add the milk or orange juice.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture while mixing on low speed. Be sure to stop to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl at least two to three times.
Once the flour is fully incorporated, the dough will begin to pull away from the sides of the bowl. If the dough isn’t pulling away from the sides and the mixture is still sticky, add additional flour one tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is achieved. Your dough shouldn't be sticky. It should feel like playdoh.
Separate the dough into three sections and wrap with plastic wrap or a Ziploc bag and place in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. Chilling the dough helps the cookies keep their shape when baking.
Lay down a piece of parchment paper and lightly dust with powdered sugar. Once the dough has chilled, lightly knead it. then place on your parchment paper. Cover with an additional piece of parchment paper to keep it from sticking to your rolling pin. Roll to about ¼ inch thickness. If dough warms up while rolling, stick it back in the refrigerator to chill off again.
Bake on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper at 375 ° F for 7-10 minutes.
Icing Instructions:
Beat the powdered sugar, meringue powder, and water until well blended.
Getting the perfect consistency icing can be a bit tricky. This creates a thicker consistency icing, which is a little easier to work with (especially for kids).
If it’s too thick, add an additional tablespoon of water at a time until you achieve the desired consistency. Add food coloring gel as desired, scoop into a piping bag, and decorate.
When flooding cookies, I start by outlining the cookies, then moving inward around the cookie until it’s mostly filled with icing. I then use a toothpick to help fill in empty spaces after the icing is piped. Swirl the toothpick in a circular motion to move the icing into the gaps.. The icing will smooth out as it dries. Decorate with sprinkles if desired.
Let iced cookies dry on wire racks or cookie sheets for several hours before stacking
If you need an easier icing that you could dunk the tops of the cookies in and let them dry, try this easy powdered sugar icing.
You could also try this no-chill sugar cookie recipe if you don't have time or patience for chilling dough.
Notes
If the dough isn’t pulling away from the sides of the bowl and the mixture is still sticky, add additional flour one tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is achieved. Your dough shouldn't be sticky. It should feel like playdoh.
This a sugar cookie dough that requires chilling.
Also try my favorite no-chill and no-spread sugar cookie recipe.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 24 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 177Total Fat 8gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 28mgSodium 46mgCarbohydrates 24gFiber 0gSugar 11gProtein 2g
Nutrition information is approximate as I am not a registered dietician.
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