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Frosted Easter Egg Cookies
- Prep Time 1 hr 30 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- Flour, butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch for cutout cookies
- 1 tub (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
- Betty Crocker™ Gel Food Colors
- Green-colored sour candy separated into strips
- M&M's® chocolate candies
- Small jelly beans
- Betty Crocker™ Black and Yellow Decorating Decors Sprinkles
- Orange candy slices
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375° F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, butter and egg until dough forms.
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Step2On lightly floured surface, roll dough about 1/8-inch thick. With 3-inch egg-shaped cookie cutter, cut out eggs; place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Frost and decorate. Marbled eggs In small bowl, stir 1/4 cup frosting and 1 to 2 drops favorite food color until well blended. Frost cookies with contrasting colored frosting. Pipe three lines colored frosting onto each egg; using toothpick pull through frosting for marbled appearance. Candy designs Frost cookies. Decorate with candy strips, jelly beans or candy-coated chocolate candies. Easter chicks In small bowl, stir 1 1/4 cups frosting and 2 to 3 drops yellow food color until well blended. Frost top half of each cookie with yellow frosting and bottom half with white frosting. To decorate, use black sprinkles for eyes, yellow sprinkles for feathers and pieces of orange candy slices for beak and feet.
Nutrition
120
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
18g
Total Carbohydrate
12g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Frosted Cookie (Undecorated)
- Calories
- 120
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 16%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 70mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 0mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 18g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 12g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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