easter cookie

The cutest bird's nest Easter cookies made with a simple cookie topped with vanilla buttercream, toasted coconut and chocolate flecked eggs.

Easter Cookies

oz coconut flakes (sweetened)

all-purpose flour (500 grams)

salt

cornstarch (60 grams)

butter (230 grams, room temp)

sugar (240 grams)

eggs

tsp vanilla extract

½ sticks butter (200 grams, unsalted, room temp)

confectioner’s sugar (350 grams)

heavy cream

cocoa powder (nice quality)

tbsp vanilla extract

chocolate eggs

Preheat oven to 325F.

Spread out coconut on a baking sheet.

Bake for about 5 -10 min.

For the Coconut Flakes:

Increase oven temp to 375F.

Sift flour, salt, cornstarch into a medium bowl. Give it a whisk.

In a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.

Scrape down the bowl before adding eggs.

Add eggs. Mix until combined.

Add dry ingredients to the wet.

Mix on low with a paddle attachment until just combined. Drizzle in vanilla.

Transfer dough to parchment paper.

Roll into a disk.

Chill for about 1 hour.

Press to flatten and roll between 2 pieces of parchment paper.

Roll dough to ½ inch.

Use 2.5 inch circle cookie cutters.

Place cookies onto a baking sheet with a silpat.

Bake for 12 min.

Let cool before decorating.

For the Cookies:

In a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter and confectioners sugar together. Add a cream and vanilla.

Transfer to a piping bag.

Snip off the tip.

For the Buttercream:

Mix cocoa powder and vanilla in a bowl.

Using a paint brush, splatter chocolate eggs with mixture to create a speckled, robin’s egg look.

For the Speckles:

Pipe a ring of buttercream on each cookie.

Press on toasted coconut to create a nest look.&nbsp;

Add speckled eggs to the nest.

For the Assembly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44od2YEVQmc

How to Make Easter Cookies

Full Recipe: https://preppykitchen.com/easter-cookies/

My little bird's nest cookies are the perfect treat for Easter or any spring-time gathering! I started off with a batch of my no-spread sugar cookie dough then rolled it out and cut little circles for the base. I bought a set of concentric ring cutters and they've come in so handy! I made a small batch of vanilla buttercream up and piped little nests with a large round tip; you could totally just cut the tip off of a piping bag though. I pressed on toasted coconut to get a twiggy effect and then filled my nest with little chocolate eggs. This was one of the easiest holiday cookies I've made and I loved them. Head over to the blog for the full recipe!

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