These adorable Easter Peeps Sugar Cookies are a delicious and fun recipe that everyone won’t just love making but eating! 

Easter Peeps Sugar Cookies

Easter is almost here and it’s time to start getting our Easter Brunch/Breakfast recipes ready. Every year I always struggle with what I’m going to make because there are so many fun and delicious options. This year is no different. That’s why I’m excited about these adorable and whimsical cookies that bring out all the Easter fun in one delicious cookie. 

Whether you love Peeps or not it won’t matter thanks to this adorable and fun recipe! Ready to check out how easy they are to make? Read on for the full directions! 

Peeps Sugar Cookies

Makes 24 cookies

Prep time: 30 minutes

Cook time: 12 minutes

What you’ll need to make Peep Sugar cookies

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

(one) egg

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

Bunny cookie cutter

For the Icing:

1 jar (7 ounces) marshmallow creme

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream

2 1/4 cups powdered sugar

Pink, yellow, and blue food coloring

Pink, yellow, and blue sanding sugar

Black gel icing

How to make Peep Sugar cookies

Beat together the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy.

Add the egg and vanilla and beat to combine.

Add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat until a soft dough forms.

Separate the dough into two balls and flatten each ball into a disk. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill for at least 4 hours or up to overnight.

When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Roll out the dough until it’s around 1/8^th inch thick. Use a bunny cookie cutter to cut out the dough and place them on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, until the cookies are just beginning to brown on the edges.

Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for five minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

When the cookies are cool, prepare the icing by beating together the butter, marshmallow crème, and vanilla extract until fluffy.

Add half the powdered sugar and one tablespoon of heavy cream. Beat to combine

Add the remaining powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Add more cream as needed to thin the frosting.

Separate the frosting into three bowls and add pink, yellow, and blue food coloring to each bowl. Stir until the coloring is fully mixed into the icing.

Transfer each color to a piping bag and pipe the icing onto the cookies.

Pour the sanding sugar onto a plate and dip the cookies into the sugar.

Finish decorating each cookie by adding eyes and a nose with the black gel icing.

Aren’t they adorable? So quick and easy and best of all delicious! 

 

Yield: 24

Easter Peeps Sugar Cookies: An Easter cookie Recipe

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 42 minutes

These adorable Easter Peeps Sugar Cookies are a delicious and fun recipe that everyone won't just love making but eating! 

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Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Bunny cookie cutter (from Wal-Mart)
• 1 jar (7 ounces) marshmallow creme
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• Pink, yellow, and blue food coloring
• Pink, yellow, and blue sanding sugar
• Black gel icing

Instructions

1. Beat together the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat to combine.   Add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat until a soft dough forms.
   Separate the dough into two balls and flatten each ball into a disk. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill for at least 4 hours or up to overnight.    
   When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Roll out the dough until it’s around 1/8th inch thick. Use a bunny cookie cutter to cut out the dough and place them on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 10 to
   12 minutes, until the cookies are just beginning to brown on the edges.   Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for five minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. 
2. When the cookies are cool, prepare the icing by beating together the butter, marshmallow crème, and vanilla extract until fluffy. Add half the powdered sugar and one tablespoon of heavy cream. Beat to combine.
3. Add the remaining powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Add more cream as needed to
   thin the frosting.
4. Separate the frosting into three bowls and add pink, yellow, and blue food coloring to each bowl. Stir until the coloring is fully mixed into the icing.
5. Transfer each color to a piping bag and pipe the icing onto the cookies.
6. Pour the sanding sugar onto a plate and dip the cookies into the sugar.
7. Finish decorating each cookie by adding eyes and a nose with the black gel icing.
   
   

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 287Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 50mgSodium: 175mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 0gSugar: 20gProtein: 2g

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Looking for another delicious treat? Check out these Easter Cake Mix Cookie bars or this Peeps S’mores dip!