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Golden Bunny Easter Cookies
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Drying Time
5 hrs
Total Time
27 mins
 

Celebrate Easter in style with these eye-catching Easter cookies.

Servings: 4 dozen
Author: Jackie
Ingredients
  • 3 cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cups butter 2 sticks
  • 1 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
Royal Icing
  • 7 tablespoons water
  • ¼ cup meringue powder
  • 1 pound confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract
  • Edible Gold Powder
  • Clear extract or vodka
  • Gel food coloring
  • New clean paint brushes
Instructions
  1. Cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
  2. Add eggs and vanilla.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients.
  4. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture and mix until combined.
  5. Put a handful of the freshly made dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll to desired thickness.
  6. Repeat with the rest of the dough.
  7. Put the rolled dough, including the parchment paper, on a cookie sheet and refrigerate for 10 minutes or longer.
  8. Cut dough with egg and rabbit cookie cutters and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
  9. Bake at 350° F for 8 -10 minutes. Let cool before decorating.
  10. To make the royal icing, beat 7 tablespoons water and meringue powder with a mixer at medium speed until foamy. Sift in confectioners’ sugar; beat at low speed until smooth. Add corn syrup and extract. Increase speed to medium-low, and beat for 5 minutes. Increase speed to medium-high, and beat icing until glossy and stiff peaks form.
  11. Place in piping bag and line the cookies with frosting, then allow to set for 5 minutes.
  12. Flood the cookies with icing, then spread to coat. Allow to dry completely, about 4 hours.
  13. Once cookies are dry they are ready to decorate.
  14. Combine 2 teaspoons of gold edible powder with a drop of extract or vodka. You want it to be a thick paint consistency.
  15. Paint gold onto bunnies and allow to dry completely, about 1 hour.
  16. For the watercolor eggs, place a drop of gel food coloring on a plate. Dampen brush in water, then in gel.
  17. Paint eggs with different colored gel, then allow to dry for 10 minutes and brush with a stroke of gold, if desired.
Recipe Notes

Royal icing recipe from Bake @ 350.