Peeps Sugar Cookies
This Easter, delight your children and other family members with these Peeps Sugar Cookies! They are hand decorated sugar cookies dressed up as peeps. Recipe makes 5 dozen cookies.
Sugar Cookie Ingredients:
5 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups soft unsalted butter
2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
Cookie Cutter:
Wilton 2 count Peep Cookie Cutter
Icing Ingredients:
2 egg whites
1 cup powder sugar
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Pink and black gel food coloring
Pink Sanding Sugar
Cookie Directions:
Cream the softened butter with the sugar until smooth.
Add in the eggs, one at a time. Mix until smooth.
Add in the vanilla. Continue mixing.
Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl.
Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
Form the dough into a ball. Wrap it in cling wrap.
Put it in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Make sure the dough is firm to the touch.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Take the cookie dough out of the fridge and set it aside to soften up a little bit. (While the oven is preheating).
Put some flour out on the cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and (if needed) work some flour into the batter.
Roll the dough out on the cutting board, use the cookie cutter to cut out your cookies.
Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Use a metal spatula to move the cut cookies to the parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes. Check to see if the cookies are thoroughly baked.
Take the cookies off of the cookie sheet and allow to cool on a wire rack for approximately 10 minutes.
Icing Directions
Combine all ingredients except the food coloring in a mixing bowl. Mix on medium speed for about 4 minutes.
If icing is not stiff enough, add 1/4 cup powdered sugar. Mix well.
Put several tablespoons of the icing into one bowl.
Put the remaining icing into the other bowl.
Add several drops of black gel food coloring to the first bowl of icing. Stir well to mix the color.
To the second bowl of icing add several drops of pink food coloring mixing well to make sure the color is blended throughout the entire bowl of icing.
Spoon each color of icing into individual frosting bags with a #2 tips. Twist the open end of the bag to push the icing to the tip.
Set the black icing aside.
Outline each of the cookies with the purple icing.
Allow this to dry for 30 seconds before filling in the body with the* thinner pink icing.
* Squeeze the majority of the purple icing into a bowl then add 1 tsp of water, stir to mix,
Using a butter knife spread the icing all over the cookie. Allow to dry for 1 minute.
Gently shake the pink sanding sugar all over the cookies.
Let the cookies to set for about 5 minutes then shake the excess off of the cookies.
Using the frosting bag filled with the black icing make each dot for the two eyes and one for the nose.
Set the cookies aside to allow to completely dry. This will take about 1-2 hours.
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| Servings | Prep Time |
| 5 dozen | 20 minutes |
| Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 8 minutes | 6 hours |
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This Easter delight your children and other family members with these Peeps Sugar Cookies! They are hand decorated sugar cookies dressed up as peeps. Recipe makes 5 dozen cookies.
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- Combine all ingredients except the food coloring in a mixing bowl. Mix on medium speed for about 4 minutes. If icing is not stiff enough, add 1/4 cup powdered sugar. Mix well. Put several tablespoons of the icing into one bowl. Put the remaining icing into the other bowl. Add several drops of black gel food coloring to the first bowl of icing. Stir well to mix the color. To the second bowl of icing add several drops of pink food coloring mixing well to make sure the color is blended throughout the entire bowl of icing. Spoon each color of icing into individual frosting bags with a #2 tips. Twist the open end of the bag to push the icing to the tip. Set the black icing aside. Outline each of the cookies with the purple icing. Allow this to dry for 30 seconds before filling in the body with the* thinner pink icing. * Squeeze the majority of the purple icing into a bowl then add 1 tsp of water, stir to mix, Using a butter knife spread the icing all over the cookie. Allow to dry for 1 minute. Gently shake the pink sanding sugar all over the cookies. Let the cookies to set for about 5 minutes then shake the excess off of the cookies. Using the frosting bag filled with the black icing make each dot for the two eyes and one for the nose. Set the cookies aside to allow to completely dry. This will take about 1-2 hours.