These bright and cheerful springtime treats have a special surprise waiting for anyone who loves a sweet and tender sugar cookie! Each cookie is frosted with a brightly colored frosting "nest" with a PEEPS® chick nestled on top. But under each chick, there's even more colorful fun: a clutch of sweet jelly bean "eggs"! Make this playful cookie for your favorite spring gathering—they're sure to be the star of the show.
PEEPS® Cookie Nests
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 1 hr 45 min
- Servings 20
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- Butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch for drop cookies
- 3 3/4 cups from 3 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- Betty Crocker™ assorted gel food colors
- 60 Just Born® jelly beans
- 20 PEEPS® brand marshmallow chicks
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until dough forms. Shape dough into 20 (1 1/2-inch) balls. Place balls 3 inches apart on ungreased large cookie sheets.
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Step2Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step3Measure 1 1/4 cups frosting into each of 3 small bowls. Stir red gel food color into 1 bowl to desired color, stir yellow gel food color into 1 bowl to desired color, and stir blue gel food color into 1 bowl to desired color.
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Step4Working with 1 color at a time, transfer frosting into decorating bag fitted with star tip. Leaving 3/4-inch circle near center of cookie, pipe a continuous swirl of frosting around to within 1/2 inch of edge of cookie. Top with another swirl of frosting to build up “nest” with a small well in center of cookie.
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Step5Add 3 jelly beans to center well of cookie; top with PEEPS® chick. Continue for remaining cookies and frosting colors.
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Nutrition
400
Calories
13g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
68g
Total Carbohydrate
51g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 400
- Calories from Fat
- 120
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 20%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 35%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 7%
- Sodium
- 220mg
- 9%
- Potassium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 68g
- 23%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 51g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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