Easter Nest Cookies
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Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 Eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Pastel M&Ms
Directions:
Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
Mix in egg and vanilla until well incorporated then add flour,salt and baking powder slowly.
Split dough into half and wrap in plastic.
Refrigerate dough for 1 hr. (Alternatively you can freeze formed dough balls for 12 minutes prior to baking)
Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
Shape dough into small balls about the size of a walnut, and space 2 inches apart on baking sheets.
Please resist the urge to create thumb print at this point.
Bake for about 12-15 minutes until lightly brown.
Remove from the oven and immediately press in three M&Ms into centre of each cookie.
Remove from sheet pan to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before serving.
Store in an airtight container.
Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
Easter Nest Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Pastel M&Ms
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
- Mix in egg and vanilla until well incorporated then add flour,salt and baking powder slowly.
- Split dough into half and wrap in plastic.
- Refrigerate dough for 1 hr. (Alternatively you can freeze formed dough balls for 12 minutes prior to baking)
- Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
- Shape dough into small balls about the size of a walnut, and space 2 inches apart on baking sheets.
- Please resist the urge to create thumb print at this point.
- Bake for about 12-15 minutes until lightly brown.
- Remove from the oven and immediately press in three M&Ms into centre of each cookie.
- Remove from sheet pan to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before serving.
- Store in an airtight container.
- Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:
1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Enjoy!
Looking for more great Easter recipes? Check out these Skillet Dinner Rolls and these Easy Easter Cupcakes! Don’t forget to check out my Easter section throughout the coming weeks for more great ideas!
Elizabeth Lampman is a coffee-fuelled Mom of 2 girls and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She enjoys travelling, developing easy recipes, crafting, taking on diy projects, travelling and saving money!
Another great recipe! These look yummy and super cute!
very cute and I bet tasty
Oh, those are soo cute!! Another great idea for Miss K’s class party! Thank you so much for sharing.
These are adorable! Great idea!
Those are so cute!
such cute cookies!!
These are so cute, going to try it
Those look yummy, easy to make and a child pleaser. I would make them.
Thank You, just printed this one out
These look so cute and easy enough for me to make, ha! What a great idea! Pinning for later!
So cute!!! I am totally making these for Easter dinner!
these look so cute, no doubt children love to eat them (at any time of the year!).
Yummy! Thank you for linking up with us at the #WWDParty and sharing this great recipe. Have a wonderful weekend!
My son would go crazy for these cookies.
This would go over well at our Easter get together. I like how easy this is.
These would be a HUGE hit in our house, what a neat idea!!
These are really cute! I love the pastel eggs!
I am starting to plan my Easter baking and I am thinking these cookies will have to be on the list.
These look delicious,soon be time to do a it of baking for Easter
adding these tomy Easter baking list! Thanks for the recipe!