I make these sugar cookies from good old Betty Crocker’s New Cookbook for most major holidays, changing only the cookie cutters and food coloring shades used. They are the quintessential cutout cookies – moist, buttery, and perfectly sweet. Friends and family always request them, and despite making them several times a year, they never get old.
I started using the gel food coloring from Wilton a few years ago. The colors are vibrant and you only need a small amount (think a bit on the end of a toothpick) to color entire bowls of frosting. For Easter, I chose the colors above.
Cookies ready to be frosted with the vibrant colors of Easter. I may have put more food coloring gel than usual in this time. Perhaps I was thinking 1980’s retro Easter? 🙂
Cookies frosted and decorated. Since we recently moved and I don’t have my favorite cookie-making helper nearby any more (my nephew, Emory), I had to do all of the work by myself. I think they turned out pretty well though! I took the finished batch along on our Easter weekend camping trip, and they were a hit around the campfire.
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