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Cute Easter Bunny (Sugar) Cookies

by baketotheroots
April 15, 2022
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    If you always wanted to command an army of little Easter Bunnies – this is your chance to live your fantasy ;P I made a bunch of sweet little Easter Bunny Cookies with sugar icing and chocolate candy (asses). They are super easy to prepare and are a great option if you want to bake with kids. They can easily work with the dough and decorate the bunnies with the icing. And I assume they will also love to bite their ears and heads off ;P

    Easter Bunny Cookies | Bake to the roots
    Easter Bunny Cookies | Bake to the roots

    Easter and Christmas are the only holidays here in Germany where we really decorate the shit out of everything. Other countries like the US, for example, have additional holidays where decorations are a big part of the whole spiel… I mean Thanksgiving and Halloween. People go bonkers with the decorations there, from my experience. I am actually fine with Easter and Christmas only – I am not the biggest fan of decorating everything and then taking it down after a couple of weeks. Too much work and I also have two left hands. Not helping at all. I think you can see that since my pictures are not much more than a plain background and a box with the bunnies inside ;P

    Anyway. I am sure you guys out there can do much more with these little Easter Bunnies. They definitely make great edible decorations for an Easter breakfast or brunch. Or maybe for an Easter nest if you hide some eggs for the kids to go on an Easter egg hunt.

    Easter Bunny Cookies | Bake to the roots
    Easter Bunny Cookies | Bake to the roots

    By the way, you can bake all kinds of things with this recipe. It doesn’t have to be bunnies. Small chicks or colorful eggs for Easter can also be done with the recipe. The icing can be colored in many ways and gives you the opportunity to go absolutely wild. Nice colorful Easter eggs, for example. Make sure you let the icing dry properly. If you store them in a dry place they should be good to eat for more than a week – which means you can prepare them in advance and don’t have to do all the work the day before the Easter weekend ;)

    INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN

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    (about 36 cookies)

    For the dough:
    1 3/4 cups (220g) all-purpose flour
    1/2 cup (70g) confectioners’ sugar
    1 pinch of salt
    2/3 cup (150g) cold butter
    1 small egg
    1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

    For the decoration:
    3.5 oz. (100g) confectioners’ sugar
    1-2 tbsp. heavy cream (plus more if necessary)
    1/2 tsp. cocoa powder
    18 Giotto*

    (ca. 36 Stück)

    Für den Teig:
    220g Mehl (Type 405)
    70g Puderzucker
    1 Prise Salz
    150g kalte Butter
    1 Ei (S)
    1/2 TL Vanille Extrakt

    Für die Dekoration:
    100g Puderzucker
    1-2 EL Sahne (ggf. etwas mehr)
    1/2 TL Kakao
    18 Giotto*

    Easter Bunny Cookies | Bake to the roots
    Easter Bunny Cookies | Bake to the roots

    DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG

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    1. Add the flour, confectioners’ sugar, and salt to a large bowl and mix to combine. Add the cold butter in small pieces and cut into even smaller pieces with a pastry blender*. Whisk the egg and add together with the vanilla extract to the bowl – mix with a fork first, then knead with your hands to get a nice smooth dough. Try to work quickly so the butter is not melting. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.

    2. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with baking parchment and set aside. Divide the dough in half (keep one half in the fridge) and roll out thinly on a lightly floured surface. Use a bunny cookie cutter to cut out bunnies and place them on the baking sheet. Collect leftover dough and roll out again to get more bunnies. Bake for about 10 minutes – the cookies should not get much of a color. Take out of the oven and let cool down on the baking sheet for some time, then transfer to a wire rack to cool down completely. Bake more cookies with the remaining dough sitting in the fridge.

    3. For the glaze, gradually mix the confectioners’ sugar with the heavy cream until you get a thick glaze. Mix half of the glaze with the cocoa (add a little more cream if necessary) and then frost half of the bunnies with light glaze and the rest with the cocoa glaze. Place a halved Giotto ball on top of each cookie to serve as the bunny’s butt.

    1. Mehl, Puderzucker und Salz in einer großen Schüssel vermischen. Die Butter in kleinen Stücken dazugeben und mit einem Teigmischer* in etwa erbsengroße Stücke zerteilen. Das Ei etwas verquirlen und zusammen mit dem Vanille Extrakt zur Schüssel dazugeben und erst mit einer Gabel unterrühren, dann alles mit den Händen zügig zu einem glatten Teig verkneten. Den Teig zur Kugel formen, flach drücken und in Klarsichtfolie einschlagen – mindestens 1 Stunde oder über Nacht in den Kühlschrank legen.

    2. Den Ofen auf 175°C (350°F) Ober-/Unterhitze vorheizen. Ein Backblech mit Backpapier auslegen und zur Seite stellen. Den Teig halbieren und auf einer leicht bemehlten Fläche dünn ausrollen (Rest im Kühlschrank lassen). Mit einem Hasen-Ausstecher Hasen ausstechen und auf das Blech setzen. Teigreste sammeln, erneut ausrollen und noch mehr Hasen ausstechen. Für etwa 10 Minuten backen – die Kekse sollten kaum Farbe bekommen haben. Aus dem Ofen holen und erst auf dem Blech kurz abkühlen lassen und dann auf einem Kuchengitter komplett abkühlen lassen. Mit dem restlichen Teig noch mehr Kekse backen.

    3. Für die Glasur den Puderzucker nach und nach mit der Sahne verrühren, bis eine dickflüssige Glasur entsteht. Die Hälfte der Glasur mit dem Kakao verrühren (ggf. noch etwas Sahne unterrühren) und dann die eine Hälfte der Hasen mit heller Glasur überziehen und den Rest mit der Kakaoglasur. Auf jeden Keks eine halbierte Giotto-Kugel als Hasenhintern aufsetzen.

    Easter Bunny Cookies | Bake to the roots
    Easter Bunny Cookies | Bake to the roots

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    Easter Bunny Cookies | Bake to the roots

    Cute Easter Bunny (Sugar) Cookies

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    • Author: Bake to the roots
    • Prep Time: 00:30
    • Cook Time: 00:10
    • Total Time: 02:00
    • Yield: 36 1x
    • Category: Cookies
    • Cuisine: International
    • Diet: Vegetarian
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    Still looking for some sweet Easter treats? How about some cute little Easter Bunnies? They are easy to make and great for decorations :)


    Ingredients

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    For the dough:
    1 3/4 cups (220g) all-purpose flour
    1/2 cup (70g) confectioners’ sugar
    1 pinch of salt
    2/3 cup (150g) cold butter
    1 small egg
    1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

    For the decoration:
    3.5 oz. (100g) confectioners’ sugar
    1-2 tbsp. heavy cream (plus more if necessary)
    1/2 tsp. cocoa powder
    18 Giotto*


    Instructions

    1. Add the flour, confectioners’ sugar, and salt to a large bowl and mix to combine. Add the cold butter in small pieces and cut into even smaller pieces with a pastry blender*. Whisk the egg and add together with the vanilla extract to the bowl – mix with a fork first, then knead with your hands to get a nice smooth dough. Try to work quickly so the butter is not melting. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.

    2. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with baking parchment and set aside. Divide the dough in half (keep one half in the fridge) and roll out thinly on a lightly floured surface. Use a bunny cookie cutter to cut out bunnies and place them on the baking sheet. Collect leftover dough and roll out again to get more bunnies. Bake for about 10 minutes – the cookies should not get much of a color. Take out of the oven and let cool down on the baking sheet for some time, then transfer to a wire rack to cool down completely. Bake more cookies with the remaining dough sitting in the fridge.

    3. For the glaze, gradually mix the confectioners’ sugar with the heavy cream until you get a thick glaze. Mix half of the glaze with the cocoa (add a little more cream if necessary) and then frost half of the bunnies with light glaze and the rest with the cocoa glaze. Place a halved Giotto ball on top of each cookie to serve as the bunny’s butt.


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    Easter Bunny Cookies | Bake to the roots
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    1. B woods says:
      4 years ago

      Cute cookies. Like the chocolate and vanilla variety.
      Love the bunny tails!
      Where did you get your cookie cutout form?

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      • baketotheroots says:
        4 years ago

        I think I got the cookie cutter from a farmer’s market several years back ;)

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