Easter Cookies
The cutest bird's nest Easter cookies made with a simple cookie topped with vanilla buttercream, toasted coconut and chocolate flecked eggs.
- Prep time
- 1 hr
- Cook time
- 12 min
- Yield
- 24 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 5 oz coconut flakes (sweetened)
- 4 cups all-purpose flour (500g)
- ¾ tsp salt
- ½ cup cornstarch (60g)
- 2 sticks butter (230g, room temp)
- 1 cup sugar (240g)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ sticks butter (200g, unsalted, room temp)
- ½ bag confectioner’s sugar (350g)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder (nice quality)
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 bag chocolate eggs
Instructions
- 1
For the Coconut Flakes:
- 2
Preheat oven to 325F.
- 3
Spread out coconut on a baking sheet.
- 4
Bake for about 5 -10 min.
- 5
For the Cookies:
- 6
Increase oven temp to 375F.
- 7
Sift flour, salt, cornstarch into a medium bowl. Give it a whisk.
- 8
In a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
- 9
Scrape down the bowl before adding eggs.
- 10
Add eggs. Mix until combined.
- 11
Add dry ingredients to the wet.
- 12
Mix on low with a paddle attachment until just combined. Drizzle in vanilla.
- 13
Transfer dough to parchment paper.
- 14
Roll into a disk.
- 15
Chill for about 1 hour.
- 16
Press to flatten and roll between 2 pieces of parchment paper.
- 17
Roll dough to ½ inch.
- 18
Use 2.5 inch circle cookie cutters.
- 19
Place cookies onto a baking sheet with a silpat.
- 20
Bake for 12 min.
- 21
Let cool before decorating.
- 22
For the Buttercream:
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In a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter and confectioners sugar together. Add a cream and vanilla.
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Transfer to a piping bag.
- 25
Snip off the tip.
- 26
For the Speckles:
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Mix cocoa powder and vanilla in a bowl.
- 28
Using a paint brush, splatter chocolate eggs with mixture to create a speckled, robin’s egg look.
- 29
For the Assembly:
- 30
Pipe a ring of buttercream on each cookie.
- 31
Press on toasted coconut to create a nest look.
- 32
Add speckled eggs to the nest.