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February 15, 2021 By Brandy Leave a Comment

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! 

easter basket cookies

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two easter basket sugar cookies on a white plate

Easter Basket Sugar Cookies

These Easter basket sugar cookies were so much fun to make—-and easy too! 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!

easter basket sugar cookies

How To Use a Coupler

How To Fill a Frosting Bag

Ready to make your own? Let’s get started!

How To Make Easter Basket Sugar Cookies

easter basket sugar cookies

Easter Basket Sugar Cookies

Use an egg cookie cutter to make adorable Easter basket sugar cookies with buttercream frosting! Two different styles!
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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/patry bags
  • frosting couplers
  • egg shaped cookie cutter

Ingredients

  • batch sugar cookie dough (our favorite recipe)
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 6 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 6-8 Tbsp. milk
  • food coloring

Instructions

  • Roll out dough and cut into egg shapes using a cookie cutter.
  • Bake cookies (according to recipe instructions) and let cool completely.
  • Whisk ingredients together for frosting. Seperate into bowls and add food coloring.
    Fill pastry 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.
    orange easter basket cookie with bunny ears
  • Add M&Ms for the basic Easter basket variation.
    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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