These Little Chick Easter Sugar Cookies will bring a smile to everyone’s face, and they’re almost too cute to eat. Almost.
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What could be cuter this Easter or spring than these Little Chick Easter Sugar Cookies?? The cookies are soft and chewy, the frosting is perfectly creamy, and the decorations are just too cute! And, it’s a great recipe to make with the kiddos. Mine was all about helping every step of the way. Though placing the decorations can be a little tricky for little hands, it’s still fun for them to try, and to make their own personal little chick!
We went to stay with family over spring break, at the beach and I brought these with me. They were gone the first day, and it wasn’t just the kids. They’re too adorable and delicious to resist.
What you need to make Little Chick Easter Sugar Cookies
Full list with measurements below in printable recipe card!
For the cookies
- Granulated sugar
- Unsalted butter
- Vanilla extract
- Almond extract paste
- Egg
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
For the frosting
- Unsalted butter, room temp
- Powdered sugar
- Salt
- Vanilla extract
- Yellow food coloring
For decorations
- Orange slice candies – for the beak and feet
- Black decorating icing or black jimmies sprinkles – for the eyes (I opted to go with the jimmies this time)
- Yellow decorating icing – for the feathers
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How to make Little Chick Easter Sugar Cookies
Full printable recipe below!
For the cookies
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Beat together butter and sugar on low speed until fluffy. Stir in extracts and egg, mix well.
- Stir in flour and baking soda.
- Drop heaping tablespoon’s onto foil-lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake 9-11 minutes until just set.
- Remove to cooling rack, and cool completely before decorating.
For the frosting
- Beat butter on medium-high speed until pale and creamy.
- Reduce speed to medium. Add powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add vanilla and food coloring and beat until frosting is smooth and color is evenly distributed.
- Generously frost cookies, and decorate!
To decorate
- Cut orange slices to make beak and feet (12 beaks, 24 feet)
- Use a piping tip and black decorating icing, or black jimmies sprinkles to make slit shaped eyes.
- Use piping tip and yellow decorating icing to draw wings and feathers on top of head. Wings are essentially these shapes (greater than/less than symbols): > < and I just did three little lines for the head feathers. You can customize however you like!
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Anolon 10×13 baking pan
Dixie Crystals granulated and powdered sugars
Taylor and Colledge almond extract paste
Little Chick Easter Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1 egg
- 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
For the frosting
- 1 cups unsalted butter, room temp
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4- 6 drops yellow food color (more or less to your color preference)
For decorations
- Candy orange slices
- Black decorating icing or black jimmies sprinkles
- Yellow decorating icing
- #4 decorating tip* (small round opening)
Instructions
For the cookies
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Beat together butter and sugar on low speed until fluffy. Stir in extracts and egg, mix well.
- Stir in flour and baking soda.
- Drop heaping tablespoon's onto foil-lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly with fingers or spatula, Bake 9-11 minutes until just set.
- Remove to cooling rack, and cool completely before decorating.
For the frosting
- Beat butter on medium-high speed until pale and creamy.
- Reduce speed to medium. Add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add salt, vanilla and food coloring and beat until frosting is smooth and color is evenly distributed.
- Generously frost cookies, and decorate!
To decorate
- Cut orange slices to make beak and feet (24 beaks, 48 feet)
- Use a piping tip and black decorating icing, or black jimmies sprinkles to make slit shaped eyes.
- Use piping tip and yellow decorating icing to draw wings and feathers on top of head. Wings are essentially these shapes (greater than/less than symbols): > < and I just did three little lines for the head feathers. You can customize however you like!
Notes
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- Cookie Truffles from Eat Move Make
- Eggless Blood Orange Mini Bundts with Pink Glaze from Magical Ingredients
- Goldenberry Jam from Family Around the Table
- Little Chick Easter Sugar Cookies from Sweet Beginnings
- Lime Curd from Art of Natural Living
- Meyer Lemon Bundt Cake from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Meyer Lemon Pudding from Jen Around the World
- Meyer Limoncello from The Spiffy Cookie
- Strawberry White Chocolate Bark from Blogghetti
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