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Bunny Cookies:

Cute and simple chocolate-coated sugar cookies shaped like bunnies!

Ingredients

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For the Cookies:
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Preheat to 375 F.
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In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar.
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Add in the eggs.
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Sift in flour, cornstarch, salt.
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Add in vanilla.
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Separate dough into disks. Wrap in plastic.
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Chill for about 1 hour.
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Roll out between parchment.
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Roll to ¼-inch thickness.
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Cut out circles.
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For the Chocolate:
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Draw or print a bunny shape for the stencil on white paper.
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Give chocolate a rough chop.
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Separate 80g of chocolate and set the bowl aside.
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In a double boiler, melt 200g of chocolate to 114°F -118°F.
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Take it off and let it cool to 95°F-100°F.
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Add the 80g of room temp chocolate. Mix together until melted.
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Bring back to a working temperature of 88°F - 90°F
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Dip each cookie in the chocolate. Transfer to parchment paper to cool.
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Transfer the rest of the tempered chocolate to a piping bag. Snip off the tip.
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Slip the stencil under a sheet of parchment paper. Pipe bunny shapes. Leave some extra chocolate at the base of the bunny.
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Place the chocolate covered cookies at the base of the bunnies.
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Let cool and harden.
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For the Assembly:
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Roll small balls of white fondant.
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Dip in water, shake off excess, then roll in white sanding sugar.
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Attach to the base of the bunny.