These are the cutest Easter cookies! A classic bunny shaped sugar cookie, frosted with royal icing and a tiny buttercream tail. These will be a hit for any spring brunch!
These Easter cookies will hop right off the plate into your mouth! They are the sweetest little bunny bottom cookies that are perfect for spring and Easter! Check out all of our best cookie recipes.
These cookies have a buttery flavor and the perfect crispy texture. This recipe holds the shape of the cookies well and provides the perfect canvas to make adorable bunny cookies.
We use my all-time favorite sugar cookie recipe and an easy royal icing and my kids go crazy over these!
These cookies are perfect for an Easter dessert platter. You can also add them to a table setting for Easter brunch.
For the shape, I ordered this adorable long ear, bunny cookie cutter to make the bunny shapes.
How to Make Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies
Supplies to Make Bunny Cookies
Here’s what you need to make bunny sugar cookies:
Piping Bag
Round Tips – It’s nice to have a few sizes to use.
Star Tip – For the bunny tail.
Meringue Powder –For the royal icing.
Rolling pin
Ingredients
Here is a list of the ingredients used to make bunny sugar cookies:
Salt
Butter
Granulated Sugar
Vanilla Extract
Organic Eggs
Whole Milk
Royal Icing Recipe
The royal icing is really easy to make and a trusted recipe I’ve been using for years. Since we left the bunnies white we were able to leave out the food coloring, which was nice.
We make the icing with three simple ingredients: Meringue powder, powdered sugar and water.
How to Frost Easter Cookies
Getting the right consistency of the royal icing is key to creating a beautifully frosted cookie. It needs to be a texture like glue, not too runny or too thick.
Start with outlining the cookie, then fill in the middle. Make sure you keep the top of the bag twisted closed so the icing doesn’t come out the top. The frosting will melt together for a smooth finish.
Buttercream Tails
The bunny tails are so cute! Once the royal icing is dry, make a small batch of buttercream frosting.
Whip 1 stick butter (1/2 cup, room temp) with 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla in a mixer.
Using the star tip and a piping bag, pipe a little ball on each bunny. Add the shredded coconut right away so it dries on the buttercream. Shake the rest of the coconut off.
Shredded Coconut
To get the coconut super fine, add it to a blender or food processor for a few seconds. It will become fine and easier to stick to the tail.
Sugar Cookie Recipe Tips
- Roll the dough out about 1/2″ thick.
- Use powdered sugar rather than flour to create a non-stick surface and to sprinkle on the rolling pin.
- Make sure the dough is cold, so it’s firm when you use the bunny cookie cutter. If the dough is room temp, it will be very hard to get the shape of the bunny as it will move and break when you try to put it on the cookie sheet.
- Let the cookies cool completely before frosting.
You can use these cookies for Easter or a pretty spring brunch. They’re the cutest little bunny butt cookies!!
What to Serve with Bunny Cookies
Cookies are one of our favorite Easter treats to enjoy with other desserts and drinks. Here are more recipes you can serve with bunny sugar cookies:
Monkey Bread and Monkey Bread Muffins
More Cookie Recipes You’ll love!
Also check out our Easter Dessert bar which these cookies would look adorable on!
More Easter Entertainig Ideas
Pin the Tail on the Bunny Printable
How to Host an Easy Easter Brunch
Ultimate Guide to Dying Easter Eggs
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Easter Cookies – Bunny Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Dough
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cup unsalted butter, soft 3 sticks organic butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg , organic cage-free are best
- 1 tablespoon whole milk , organic grass fed is best
Royal Icing
- 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar , plus more for rolling the dough out
- 3 tablespoons meringue powder
- 9 tablespoons warm water , more or less to get the consistency like glue
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl with the paddle attachment, beat the softened butter and sugar together until light in color.
- Add in the egg, vanilla and milk and continue to beat.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Gradually add the flour mixture into the butter mixture with the mixer on low speed.
- Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl and mix until combined, but don’t over mix. Just until the ingredients are together.
- Roll the dough in a ball and refrigerate for 20 minutes so it firms up a little and is easier to cut the shapes from.
- Prepare two (or threcookie sheets with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Remove dough from the fridge and make a space on the counter to roll it out. Use powdered sugar rather than flour when rolling the cookies so they don’t stick to the surface. You can use the sugar on the top and bottom of the dough and the rolling pin. Roll to about 1/2″ thick.
- Cut out little bunny shapes with a tiny 1″ heart cookie cutter. Place them on the cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, about 1/2″ apart.
- Bake in the oven for 7 minutes or until cookies are just about to turn golden brown.
- Remove and let them cool before you frost!
Directions for Royal Sugar Cookie Icing
- Using an electric mixer, place the powdered sugar and meringue powder in the bowl.
- Add one tablespoon warm water at a time, whisking until the consistency is smooth.
- The goal of this frosting is to to get a consistency that won’t spread when creating an outline, but blends perfectly for filling in the center of the cookie… sounds easy right? If it’s too thick add a little more water (like 1 teaspoon at a timand if it’s too thin add more powdered sugar.
- Add the royal icing into the prepared piping bag. The frosting dries quickly, so do not leave it out un-covered. Place it in the piping bag as soon as you can.
