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Easter Bunny Cookies

Easy Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies

These adorable Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies are easy to make, fun to decorate and perfect for spring celebrations! A classic sugar cookie recipe with festive decorations perfect for Easter parties, kids activities or homemade gifts.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
1 hour

Ingredients
  

For the Cookies

  • 6 tbsp butter room temperature
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp coffee liqueur optional
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • pinch salt

For the Buttercream

  • 2 tbsp butter room temperature
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

For the Decorations

  • large pearl sprinkes
  • 3/8-inch satin ribbon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
  • Add vanilla, coffee liqueur and egg and continue to mix until combined. Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix untilcombined and dough ball forms.
  • Roll dough on a heavily floured surface to ¼inch thickness. Using Easter bunny cookie cutter, cut out cookies and place on a lined baking sheet. Re-roll dough as needed and continue to cut out cookies until all is used
  • Bake cookies six at a time for 8 minutes or until golden. Cool on baking sheet for at least 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire baking rack to continue cooling.
  • To make buttercream frosting, mix together butter, powdered sugar and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined.
  • To decorate, use a small dollop of buttercream to attach a pearl sprinkle as the tail for each bunny. Finally, tie a 6-inchribbon around the neck of each bunny.