Easter Egg Sugar Cookies With Royal Icing
These easter egg sugar cookies with royal icing are so cute and easy to make.
Easter Egg Sugar Cookies With Royal Icing
Happy Wednesday !
I hope the weather here warms up pretty soon, because I’m in a spring mood already!
Easter is just around the corner, so it was the perfect time to make some egg shaped sugar cookies for the blog.
And here is the time to make a little disclosure : I do celebrate Easter a week later than most of you (Greek Orthodox), but this doesn’t keep me away from sharing Easter recipes and crafts! I’ll just have to make them again in a couple of weeks, because these cookies are gone, I ate some of them and gave the rest away.
They are cute and make a great gift! I love pastel colors and they always look nice on my Easter table.
Easter Cookies With Royal Icing
I’m not an expert on royal icing. I rarely make it. There is nothing difficult in decorating these cookies, just be patient.
You’ll also need your icing to be 20 second consistency. Here is a video that will give you some more information.
Start with 1/4 inch thick, freshly baked sugar cookies. To create the egg shape I used my Wilton Egg Shape Cookie Cutter. You can even bake the cookies the day before, just store them in an air tight container. Make sure you have gel food coloring in your desired colors, piping bags and Wilton tips 1, 2 and 3 (2 works great for most of the stuff). If you are not comfortable using piping bags and tips, a plain old zip lock bag with the tip cut will work, at times I find this technique easier.
Making the royal icing for these Easter Egg Sugar Cookies With Royal Icing is pretty easy, you’ll need meringue powder, powdered sugar and water. Again, I’m still experimenting and learning how to use it, so I don’t really have a lot of useful tips, sorry guys!
I decided to go with a wet on dry technique for decorating these cookies. I first covered all of them with royal icing in one color, let them dry completely and then drew some flowers, dots and curved lines.
20 second royal icing worked great for these cookies, both to cover the top and draw the designs. I did not do flooding, just used a toothpick to spread it over the surface of the cookies.
Hope you enjoyed these! Have a great day!
Easter Egg Sugar Cookies
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Easter Egg Sugar Cookies With Royal Icing
Ingredients
For the sugar cookies:
- 1 cup softened unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- additional flour for rolling
For the Royal Icing:
- 8 cups powdered sugar
- 6 tbsp meringue powder
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 12 tbsp warm water
- more water to thin the icing
- gel food coloring in the desired color
Instructions
For the cookies:
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with paddle attachment beat butter for 3 minutes until creamy. Add sugar and vanilla and beat until incorporated. Add egg and mix until combined.
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In a large bowl sift flour and add baking powder and salt. Gradually add flour to wet ingredients. Mix until flour is incorporated.
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Form a ball from the dough, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
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Take out of the fridge, when ready to make the cookies. Separate dough in half, make 2 balls. Roll each half between parchment paper, until dough is 1/4n inch thick. Using an egg shaped cookie cutter, cut out cookies. Try to cut as many as you can. You can of course re roll the dough, but every time you do, tiny air pockets may form and cookies will not be as smooth.
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Preheat oven to 350 F. Transfer cookies to a baking sheet lined with silpat or parchment paper. Bake cookies for 10-11 minutes, until they are barely beginning to turn golden. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
For the Royal Icing:
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with paddle attachment mix together powdered sugar, meringue powder, vanilla and water. Beat for around 8 minutes on medium speed, until thick and shiny.
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Color icing in colors of your choice. Use gel (paste) coloring and start by adding just a little at a time.
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Thin icing with water to 20 second consistency. Fill piping bags, fitted with Wilton # 2 tips with icing, Cover cookies with royal icing in the desired color. Let the icing set for at least 8 hours. Decorate cookies with colors of your choice. I used the same piping bags as the ones for doing the background. Let icing set. Keep cookies in air-tight container at room temperature up to 10 days, or package each cookie individually.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 380, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 32mg, Sodium: 144mg, Potassium: 51mg, Carbohydrates: 72g, Sugar: 57g, Protein: 2g, Vitamin A: 295%, Calcium: 18%, Iron: 1%Products I used: (Affiliate Links)
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Mira – These are the prettiest cookies that I’ve ever seen. They’re decorated so creatively and I love the pastel colors for Easter.
I’m Catholic and the.boy is Greek Orthodox so we get to celebrate TWO Easters! It’s actually really great because it means our families don’t have to fight over who gets to host the holiday lol. And it gives me more baking opportunities! These cookies are SO cute. I fear mine wouldn’t be quite as adorable because I have NO decorating game, but…I’m going to have to try anyway.
You say you are not expert, I disagree! Those cookies are perfect 🙂 I took a Wilton class on royal icing and still can never get them all perfect, but maybe that is because I don’t have patience lol
I think these cookies are just about the cutest spring ones I’ve seen! So perfect for Easter, Mira! And your frosting is just flawless! Pinned!
Mira, you certainly look like an expert in royal icing – these are absolutely stunning and perfect for Easter! Your patience is astounding, my cookies would definitely not be as pretty 🙂
Beautiful work, Mira. Decorative royal icing work takes a steady hand and your cookies are gorgeous! What fun! I hope the weather warms up for your too so it can start feeling like Spring. BTW – I like your new logo! 😀
Well these just scream Easter, how beautiful. You may not be an expert at royal icing, but you sure look like one. Stunning.
So beautiful, Mira….For the longest time I have wanted to tackle royal icing as I want to make dolphin cookies for my son’s lacrosse team tailgates (that’s their mascot). Your breakdown of instruction is precisely what I was looking for! Thank you so much!!
These cookies are so cute and pretty, Mira! You decorated them flawlessly! They look perfect for spring and Easter! Love them!
Beautifully and neatly decorated cookies. Loved these! 🙂
Mira, these cookies are beautiful and perfect!!!!! Can I just order my Easter egg cookies from you?!!!! LOVE and pinned!!!
These are SO pretty Mira! You make it look so easy. I know that you say it is, but I’m just not that good with a piping bag.
Those cookies are SO adorable!! And your piping skills are fantastic, there are no flaws once so ever!! Pinned 🙂
hat a fun recipe! These would make a really cute Easter gift.
Mira, I think these are the most beautiful cookies I have ever seen in my life! You sure look like an expert to me!
these are very cute Mira! 🙂 I agree royal icing isn’t difficult but you need lots of patience!
Oh! these cookies look super cute, Mira! I don’t think I will be able to eat one 😉 You have great skills of working with royal icing, I can only imagine doing so good. pinning!
Wow, these are true pieces of art. Beautiful! 🙂
Mira, you certainly sound like a cookie-decorating expert to me … these are just beautiful and I’ve already pinned them several times!
Thanks so much y friend!!!
These cookies are gorgeous and almost to pretty to eat! I’ve never made royal icing. I need to change that!! Beautiful and pinned of course. 😉
There are so cute.. but I wouldn’t try to attempt them, my cookies NEVER look that good! 😉 – www.domesticgeekgirl.com
These are so gorgeous! I am sure that they taste amazing too. Mine would definitely not end up looking at perfect as these – my artistic talent is lacking to say the least ;).
You are such a kidder – telling us that you are NOT an expert icer – when clearly you ARE! These are gorgeous Mira – Perfect!
Mira, you did such a beautiful job decorating those cookies! They’re absolutely gorgeous!!
I wish i had the skills to pull something like this off. But I can certainly appreciate the splendor of these in all its glory 🙂
These are so pretty. You are so talented Mira:)
These cookies are beautiful! The decorations are so intricate!
I am literally blown away by how perfect these look. These are BETTER than the ones sold at my local gourmet store where they charge a fortune. Maybe you should open a pattisserie! I would order from Australia!! 🙂
Thanks so much Nagi!!! I agree on the patisserie, would love to open one, maybe in Europe? 🙂
These are just gorgeous!
I have yet to try tackling royal icing, but I think you nailed it! These cookies look so incredible and perfect for Easter. I definitely need to give royal icing a try. Pinned!
This cookies are absolutely gorgeous Mira! I have to tell my girls to make them for Easter, since I already have so much on my list to cook and bake 🙂
Wow, these are simply gorgeous! Royal iced sugar cookies are one of my favorite things to make and I love these beautiful eggs. I can’t stop looking at them, so pretty!
You’re Greek Orthodox, are you? My Greek grandfather was and I went to church with him quite a few times. Greek Easter is the BEST, and I’m having one at my house this year!
These cookies are the prettiest things ever, and look like they were made by a professional bakery. Absolute perfection! I’d love to master royal icing one day. Pinned!
Thanks a lot Marcie! So glad you know about Greek Easter 🙂 It is just a little different, but just as much fun as the catholic one 🙂
OMG Mira… you are a real artist!! They are perfect!!
Ahhhhh, I saw these floating around on Pinterest yesterday! I didn’t even realize they were yours! Soooooo pretty, Mira!
Thanks Justine! So glad you like them and that they got popular on Pinterest 🙂
These cookies are so cute! I’ve never had the patience or artistic ability to make decorated cookies with royal icing. I’m left just to admire the beautiful work of others such as yourself!
Beautiful cookies! Almost too pretty to eat.
Those cookies are absolutely beautiful Mira! You did such a nice job decorating, I love them! So pretty!
How many ways can I say gorgeous? Perfect? Incredible?! These are sooooo classy, Mira!
Wow, these look absolutely gorgeous! Good job Lyubomira!
These cookies are beautiful!
Thanks Marla!!!
Such pretty decorating skills! I wouldn’t have the patience to decorate them so nicely since they look so delicious I’d eat them before I could finish 🙂 Pinning
These cookies are very lovely and perfect for this week! I wish I had the patience to decorate cookies in such a detailed manner but unfortunately I am not a baker!
You’re a royal icing ninja, these cookies are perfect!
We usually on all easter eve, purchase easter eggs from nearby grocery . Because i was really unaware of that. I think your idea turned my mind to do this time from my kitchen itself. Love it ??
Hi, can you make the cookies several days ahead and then decorate the cookies? Thanks!
These are gorgeous! Perfect for Easter!
These are perfect. Love that patience is all “you need” – I think a bit of talent is needed too. These are a perfect Easter treat.
These are gorgeous!! You’re really good at icing cookies!