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Easter Basket Cookies

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time18 minutes
Cooling Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: cookies
Keyword: Easter
Servings: 24 cookies

Ingredients

  • Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Dough 24 ct, 16 oz
  • Cream Cheese Frosting 1-2 cans or homemade frosting
  • Cadbury Mini Eggs 9 oz bag
  • Sour Punch Straws 3 - 2 oz packages
  • Green food coloring

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a mini muffin tin.
  • Separate cookie dough into 24 pieces. Pinch off a small amount from each piece and discard. Roll each piece into a ball, rolling balls in sugar if desired to help them not stick to the tin.
  • Place one ball in each mini muffin well. Bake for approximately 18 minutes or until golden brown and set. Allow to cool completely in the muffin tin, about one hour.
  • Twist cookie cups to remove them from the muffin tin. Color frosting green and pipe it into each cookie cup.
  • Add three mini eggs on each cooke cup. Separate the sour punch candy straws and trim them to 4.5 inches long. Bend each straw and tuck it into a cookie cup to make a handle.