Bunny Cookies
Celebrate all things SPRING with these adorable BUNNY COOKIES!!!
Hippity Hoppity Easter’s on its WAY!
As luck would have it, I saw a Jack Rabbit the other day.
WOW, do they have LONG ears!
He was running so fast, I didn’t even get a photo of him.
He was as cute as can be.
I don’t recall ever seeing one before, if I did I don’t think I would have forgotten those ears.
These can also be PERFECT for bunny slipper cookies for a SLEEPOVER, no sleep over should be without cute cookies!
These bunnies are easy to decorate. I used an egg shaped cookie cutters to cut them out. One was 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 the other was mini 1 1/2 x 1. The mini ones are ADORABLE.
The tails got a drop of icing them dipped in nonpareils.
AHHH….they are all hoping to get the giant carrot!
I think these would be great for a sleepover, they look like Bunny Slippers….or at least that is what they remind me of.
be sure to check out my post with the chocolate glaze icing on the bunny cookies HERE
How can I wrap and ship cookies?
I do not take cookies order or wrap and ship cookies regularly. I do happen to do it a few times a year to special friends and this is how I wrap and ship cookies. I bag cookies in small increments either individual or like here 6 at a time. I use food-grade cellophane bags, they are firm and not flimsy and I feel they work well and prevent the cookies from crumbling. I pack the cookies in a bakery-style box, add bubble wrap sheets to the top and bottom of the bakery box, and then place that box into a shipping box, typically a flat rate shipping box so that they arrive quickly.
I make sure the cookies don’t move around in the box, if they do, I add something to take up that space, more bubble wrap or tissue paper. The less the cookies move the better they will arrive at their destination when shipped.
Bunny Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup butter, unsalted melted and cooled
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Glaze Icing
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 4-6 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- add (4-6) drops white Americolor food coloring for white icing, 2 additional drops to a portion of the icing for the pink (soft pink), and reserve a small amount and tint that black for the eyes.
Instructions
- In a medium bowl whisk eggs and butter together. In a large mixer bowl add flour, sugar, and baking powder,stir well to combine all the dry ingredients together. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture along with vanilla. Mix in medium speed to combine fully.Allow cookie dough to rest 10 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°
- Roll out dough in between parchment paper or plastic wrap or with flour, roll to 3/8" thick for thick cookies or 1/4" thick for thinner cookies.
- Cut into the desired shape. Place cookies 2 inches apart, this will ensure the cookies bake evenly on the baking sheet. Do not overcrowd the baking sheets. Once you've cut the cookies, gather the cookie dough and re-roll until all the cookie dough is cut.
- Place the cut cookie dough on parchment lined baking sheets.
- Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes. The bottoms of the cookies should be golden, the cookie should look pale in color not "browned"
- Allow cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet.
- Apply icing as desired. I place each color into piping bags, cut a small hole in the piping bags, and a larger hole for the white icing, and apply the icing to the cookies.
- Allow the icing to dry completely for 24 hours before stacking cookies or wrapping them.
These cookies are all adorable! Which one got the carrot, or did they all share? Have a wonderful Easter Diane.
Oh my they are absolutely adorable!!
These are such cute little bunny nibblers. Love it, Diane!
These cookies are to die for! And I love that you made a carrot one. Well done! 🙂
As CUTE as can be!
These are so cute!!
Oh that last picture with the bunnies surrounding the carrot kills me! Your cookies have always been my favorite. 🙂
Have a happy Easter! xo!
Happy Easter Katrina!!!
I love your little bunnies. I like the thickness of them, too.
I read through several places where you use your italian cookies. What makes them your favorite cookie? Is it just that they are not quite as sweet?
What makes them my favorite is that they aren’t overly sweet and the icing is a nice sweet touch to them, but that they bake up with a more cake like texture than crispy dense cookie texture. They are very similar to the cookies you would get in Italian Bakeries in the East Coast, so for me it’s all about the childhood memories as well. They are my families favorite, if you try them, let me know what you think 🙂
Oh Mah Word! Those are the cutes lil’ bunnies ever! I wish I could bake, I really wish I could bake………..hmph!
oh give it a try, you can bake 🙂
Adorable! I wish they hop on over this way!
Diane, these are way beyond cute!
Wow, adorable! I wish my icing skills were as good as yours. What a great use for the egg-shape! I totally love all the bunnies surrounding the carrot. Makes me smile!
So freakin cute! Happy Easter!
super cute Diane! Happy Easter
Hey, love the site overhaul! Love the cookies too.
Came here from Pinterest! Just wanted to let you know we loved your bunny cookies. My sister and I made them for Easter and for a fundraiser for our local hospital. They were a HUGE hit!. Thank you for a super cute idea!
Here is the link to our blog if you want to have a peek. – https://joandsue.blogspot.ca/2012/04/easter-treats.html
These cookies are adorable! Who cares if easter is over. I still want to make these!
You are so incredibly talented! Those are the cutest bunnies ever!
Have really enjoyed these recipes and got alot of ideas for our Family Easter get together…
What is the candy tail? Reminds me of snowcaps, but without the chocolate. Where did you find them?
They are white nonpareil sprinkles, just like the kind on snowcaps. I find them in the sprinkle section of baking supply stores.
These are adorable!! Love them!