Happy Easter, friends!

There is something about this time of year that makes everyone want to start baking again.  One look at Pinterest and you will see fancy bunny cakes, beautifully decorated egg cookies, and pastel cupcakes aplenty.  However, instead of trying to make “Pinteresty” desserts for Easter, our family decided to keep our baking simple and sweet this year.  We made our best sugar cookie recipe, and let the kids on the block do all of the (special) cookie decorating.  Everyone had so much fun with these whimsical cookies, that we officially started a new Easter baking tradition on our street.

Let me walk you through how to make one of the best cookie recipes you will ever try.

Start with the dough:

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Classic Cut-Out Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 3 tbsp milk

Instructions

• Mix butter and sugar in a stand mixer.
• Add eggs.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour (sifted is best), baking powder, and salt.
• Add these ingredients to the mixing bowl and combine.
• Add in vanilla extract, almond extract, and milk. 
• Place dough on parchment paper and let chill in the refrigerator for one hour.  
• Once chilled, roll out on a floured surface and cut cookies.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Once your cookies are cooled, do yourself a favor and take a taste of one of these cookies without any frosting.  The cookie itself is just sweet enough, and the texture is soft but solid enough to hold shape.  This truly is cookie perfection, y’all.  Okay, now for the frosting!

We like using royal icing because it is so easy to make, and is easy for the kids to use.

Try our best royal icing recipe:

1 16 oz. box confectioner’s sugar

2 tbsp. meringue powder

1/3 cup of water

food coloring

Combine ingredients, and decorate-away!

You are going to love this cookie recipe, especially when you leave the decorating up to the kids.  The end result is always a batch of perfectly imperfect cookies that are as sweet to look at as they are to eat!

Happy Easter!

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