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February 15, 2021 By Brandy 2 Comments

Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes » Cookie Recipes

Easter Basket Sugar Cookies (Video)

Filed Under: Cookie Recipes, Easter, Holiday Recipes

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Use an egg cookie cutter to make adorable Easter basket sugar cookies with buttercream frosting! Two different styles! This post contains affiliate links.

You might also like our rainbow sugar cookies or our cinnamon bunny rolls—fun treats for spring!

easter basket cookies

Watch our step by step video!

two easter basket sugar cookies on a white plate

Easter Basket Sugar Cookies

You can make Easter egg sugar cookies with an egg cookie cutter, but today we’re taking it up a notch with Easter basket cookies! These Easter basket sugar cookies were so much fun to make—-and easy too! No royal icing, pouring or special skills are required. You’ll need a #5 round frosting tip and a #18 star frosting tip. Be sure to grab some colorful Easter M&Ms or jelly beans to add to your Easter basket cookies!

two easter basket cookies with M&Ms

 

TIPS FOR EASY Sugar COOKIE DECORATING

  • 5 and 7 are small round tips. They are very similar in size, so just use what you can find! Michael’s is actually the cheapest place to find these tips. They are $1 each and you can usually apply a 20% coupon making them $.80.
  • 18 is a star tip. Again, I’d check Michael’s if you have one in your area.

Tips for using round tips: apply firm pressure for a smooth application.

Tips for using star tips: use short “bursts” instead of applying firm, steady pressure. You aren’t making lines or covering large sections, you are making small stars bursts all over the cookie.

Tip: Buy a few #5 tips. This makes it easier to work with a variety of frosting bags filled with different colors! 

yellow easter basket sugar cookie

 

OTHER USEFUL ITEMS FOR COOKIE DECORATING

    • Disposable Frosting Bags: these are convenient to have and just toss after using.
    • Couplers: couplers attach to the frosting bag and make it easy to switch out the frosting tip that you are using. With a coupler you can switch from a round tip to a star without filling a new bag with frosting!
    • Food coloring: this one if my favorite and gives such bright and vivid colors.

easter basket sugar cookies

How To Fill a Frosting Bag and use couplers

Ready to make your own? Let’s get started! Ready to make your own? Let’s get started! You can use any sugar cookie recipe, but ours is my absolute favorite! I add almond extract and vanilla extract. Such a delicious flavor combo. The cookies are soft and hold their shape and taste delicious.

How To Make Easter Sugar Cookies

easter basket sugar cookies

Easter Basket Sugar Cookies

Use an Easter egg sugar cookie cutter to make adorable Easter basket sugar cookies with buttercream frosting! Two different styles!
5 from 2 votes
Print Pin Rate
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Decorating: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 36
Calories: 225kcal

Equipment

  • Rolling Pin
  • #5 frosting tips (round tip)
  • #18 frosting tip (open star tip)
  • frosting/pastry bags
  • frosting couplers
  • egg shaped cookie cutter

Ingredients

  • batch sugar cookie dough (favorite sugar cookie recipe)
  • 1 cup butter room temperature
  • 6 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or any extracts you'd like
  • 6-8 Tbsp. milk
  • food coloring

Instructions

  • Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface and cut into egg shapes using a cookie cutter.
  • Bake cookies in the oven on a cookie sheet (according to recipe instructions) and let cool completely on wire rack.
  • Whisk ingredients together for frosting (or beat with a hand mixer). Separate into bowls and stir in food coloring.
    Fill piping bags with frosting and desired frosting tips. Use a #5 or #7 tip for the basket and background colors and a #18 tip for the grass.
  • Outline cookies with basket color and a #5 frosting tip. Fill bottom half of cookie with the same color.
    egg shaped sugar cookie outlined in yellow buttercream frosting
  • Pipe the background color (blue) using a #5 frosting tip. Use the star tip (#18) to add grass.
    egg shaped cookie with yellow, blue and green frosting
  • Pipe on bunny ears for the bunny cookie variation using white for the ears and pink for the pinks of the ears.
    orange easter basket cookie with bunny ears
  • Add M&M chocolate candy or jelly beans for the basic Easter basket variation. Add a few sprinkles if you'd like.
    easter basket cookie with M&Ms

Notes

Store cookies in an air tight container up to 3 days on the counter.

Nutrition

Calories: 225kcal
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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. Cathy says

    February 21, 2022 at 9:01 pm

    The cookies are so cute. You make it look so easy to do. That is because you have the God given talent. I am going to try making them with your cookie recipe. But what about the icing recipe, did I over look it?
    Thank you

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    • Brandy says

      February 21, 2022 at 9:51 pm

      Hi Cathy! Thank you for your kind words! I hope you have fun making them! The frosting recipe is in the recipe card at the very bottom of the post. You can click “jump to recipe” at the top of the post and it will take your right to it. Hope that helps!

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