Ingredients
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- ½ cup crisco shortening
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp cake batter extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp red food coloring
- ½ tsp yellow food coloring
- ½ tsp purple food coloring
- ½ cup colored sugar, (pink, yellow, and purple)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375ºF and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer, combine the butter, shortening, powdered sugar, egg, vanilla, and cake batter extract on medium speed until mixed.
- Gradually add the flour and salt, mixing until just combined.
- Divide the dough into three equal parts and blend each with food coloring.
- Shape each colored dough into 12 balls accordingly.
- Take one dough ball, roll it into a long rope around 7 to 8 inches long and form into a 'U', twisting the ends for the ears.
- Pinch off a small portion of dough, roll it into a ball for the bunny's tail, and place it at the bottom of the ‘U’.
- Transfer the bunnies to a baking sheet, adjusting the ears as necessary.
- Bake for 9 minutes, then sprinkle colored sugar on top while still warm.
- Let cool completely on a wire rack.
Last Step:
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Make sure not to overmix the dough once the flour is added to keep the cookies tender.
Feel free to use any colors of food coloring for the dough to make them even more festive!
Store cooled cookies in an airtight container to maintain freshness.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 29 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 10mg