Things You'll Need:
- 1 tube of pre-made sugar cookie dough
- 3/4 cup flour
- 2 tablespoons powdered egg white
- 6 tablespoons lukewarm water
- 3 cups confectionery sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- Pastel-colored food coloring (pale yellow, light pink, sky blue and mint green)
- Large bunny cookie cutter
- 5 sturdy plastic bags
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Step 1
Take the cookie dough out of the refrigerator 1 to 2 hours before baking the Easter cookies to allow it to soften.
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Step 2
Turn on the oven and preheat it to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix together the cookie dough and flour in a large bowl.
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Step 3
Spread a small handful of flour on a table or countertop, and smooth some flour over a rolling pin. Then, roll out the dough until it is 1/8-inch thick. Press the Easter bunny cookie cutter into the dough to make the cookies. Roll out the scraps, and make more cookies.
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Step 4
Lay the bunny cookies on top of ungreased cookie sheets. Slide the sheets into the oven, and bake for about 8 minutes until they are light brown in color. Move the bunny cookies to a rack and allow them to cool.
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Step 5
Beat the powdered egg white and water together on low speed in a stand mixer until the mixture is smooth. Pour the confectionery sugar and lemon juice into the bowl, and turn the speed to high. Beat the mixture for 5 minutes, or until all ingredients are combined.
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Step 6
Set out 5 small bowls or containers, and pour equal amounts of icing into each. Put one of the bowls aside. This one contains icing that will remain white.
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Step 7
Place a few drops of the pink food coloring into one bowl, a few drops of the blue into another, a few drops of the green into the third bowl and a few drops of the yellow into the last bowl. Stir each to combine.
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Step 8
Pour the contents of each bowl into its own sturdy plastic bag. Cut off one corner of each of the 5 bags. Hold the bag containing the white icing upright, and outline each Easter bunny cookie. Fill the inside of each bunny with another color. Allow the cookies to dry before eating.
