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    Home » Entertaining » Holidays » Easter » Easy Easter Egg Butter Cookies

    Easy Easter Egg Butter Cookies

    Published: Apr 11, 2020 Modified: Jun 9, 2021 by GG

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    Our Easy Easter Egg Butter Cookies recipe is made with basic ingredients from your kitchen pantry and fridge. A buttery cookie that's cut into shapes and topped with an easy confectioners’ sugar glaze and your favorite sprinkles! Easter Egg Butter Cookies are the perfect dessert.

    Easter Egg Cookies on platter

    Easy Butter Cookies

    Have you been looking for the best butter cookie recipe? Look no further, you’ve found it!

    When you’re craving a homemade cookie and you only have basic kitchen ingredients on hand, our recipe will be your go-to for sure. Butter, egg, confectioners sugar, vanilla and flour bake up into a delicious buttery cookie. Top it with a confectioners sugar glaze and your favorite sprinkles and let the festivities begin!

    Easter Egg Cookies on platter

    What flavors can I add to a butter cookie?

    Since our butter cookie recipe is a basic cookie, you can personalize the flavor with the addition of one or more of the following ingredients:

    • orange zest
    • lemon zest
    • lime zest
    • coconut extract
    • strawberry extract
    • almond extract
    • mini chocolate chips

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    Ingredients you will need to make this recipe

    • butter, at room temperature
    • confectioners’ sugar
    • egg
    • vanilla extract
    • all-purpose flour
    • warm water
    • assorted sprinkles or sugar sparkles

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    Easy Easter Egg Butter Cookies

    Our Easy Easter Egg Butter Cookies recipe is made with basic ingredients from your kitchen pantry and fridge. A buttery cookie that can be cut into shapes and topped with an easy confectioners’ sugar glaze then topped with your favorite sprinkles!
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Keyword butter cookie recipe, easy butter cookies
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes
    Total Time 30 minutes
    Servings 25 cookies
    Calories 106kcal
    Author Gwynn Galvin

    Ingredients

    Cookies:

    • 1 cup butter , at room temperature
    • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
    • 1 large egg
    • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
    • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

    Glaze:

    • 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
    • 3-4 Tbs. warm water
    • Assorted sprinkles or sugar sparkles

    Instructions

    Cookies:

    • Preheat oven to 350F.
    • With mixer on medium-high beat butter until smooth and creamy.
    • Gradually add 1 cup confectioners’ sugar until blended.
    • Add egg and vanilla and beat until creamy.
    • Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour until a cookie dough forms.
    • Knead dough on a generously floured surface until smooth. Divide dough in half.
    • Roll out half of dough to ¼-inch thickness. Using a 3-inch cookie cutter, cut out cookies and arrange on baking sheet.
    • Bake 15 minutes or until edges and bottoms are golden. Cool 3 minutes on baking sheet. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely.
    • Repeat with remaining half of cookie dough.

    Glaze:

    • Combine 2 cups confectioners’ sugar and warm water until a thick glaze forms.
    • Spread glaze over tops of cookies and sprinkle with your choice of sprinkles or sugar sparkles.

    Notes

    Makes 25 cookies.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 106kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 27mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg

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