Egg Filled Nest Cookies

By carvalhohm2

Be creative while baking these colorfully frosted sugar cookies using Cadbury mini egg candies and shredded coconut for the nest! Egg Filled Nest Cookies are the perfect festive treat for your Easter celebration, and the best part is that they are also really delicious. Get the kiddos in the kitchen to help make these cute creations.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups Sweetened Coconut Flakes
• Food color
• 2 cups white frosting (ready-to-spread or homemade)
• 1 to 2 bags (10-ounces each) Cadbury Mini Eggs Candy or (12-ounces each) Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Pastel Eggs

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 40mins
Adapted from hersheys.com

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°F

Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until well blended. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Shape dough into 3/4-inch (about 1 measuring teaspoon dough) balls.* Place balls on un-greased cookie sheet.

Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Place 1 teaspoon water and 2 to 3 drops food color in resealable food storage bag. Add coconut; shake bag and coconut to evenly color coconut. (Coconut may be divided if more than one color is desired.)

Frost cookies. Immediately sprinkle with coconut and top with 2 to 3 candy eggs. Makes about 8 dozen (1 3/4 inch) cookies.

If larger cookies are desired, roll dough into 1-inch balls. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Yield will be about 3-1/2 dozen (2 1/2 inch) cookies.

To decorate all cookies 2 bags of eggs will be needed.

TIP: Refrigerated sugar cookie dough or sugar cookie mix may also be used. Follow package directions for baking directions and yield.