Wow! Sweet little cookies are made super simple with the help of cookie mix and jelly beans.
Easter Nest Cookies
- Prep Time 60 min
- Total 60 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1 tablespoon Gold Medal™ All-Purpose Flour
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 tub (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- Food color
- Jelly beans
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
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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Step2Shape dough into 24 (2-inch) balls. 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 to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
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Step4Frost cookies. Add coconut to a 1-quart resealable food-storage plastic bag. Add 2 to 3 drops food color, shaking bag to blend color. It may be necessary to add 1 to 2 teaspoons water to help disperse the color evenly or additional food color until desired color is reached.
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Step5Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon coconut onto each cookie. Top with jelly beans.
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Nutrition
180
Calories
8g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
27g
Total Carbohydrate
19g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Frosted Cookie (undecorated)
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 12%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 25%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 105mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 27g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 19g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 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 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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