This cute chick cookies recipe is easy to make and perfect for fun Easter or spring baking with the kids.
I know Easter Sunday has been and gone, but I'm still at that 'what day is it?!' stage so I thought I might as well share one last Easter recipe before I move on from the subject for this year.
These cute chick cookies are tasty all the year around, and we're still in the season of spring, so let's call them 'spring chicken cookies' instead of Easter chicks!
Adding the chick faces to these cookies is completely optional of course - the basic cookie recipe also stands alone as a really yummy one for the whole year around. The cookies are soft and chewy, especially warm from the oven... I think I might 'need' to make another batch very very soon!
Cute & Easy Chick Cookies
Ingredients (makes 18):
- 150g butter (room temperature)
- 125g (+2 Tbsp) golden caster sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- yellow gel food colouring (optional)
- 185g self-raising flour
To decorate:
- 36 candy eyeballs
- 9 orange or pink smarties (chocolate beans)
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (Gas mark 4/350°F). Line two large baking trays with grease-proof or baking paper
Whisk 150g butter, 125g caster sugar and the egg yolk together in a large bowl until fluffy.
Add the vanilla extract and yellow food colouring (if using) and whisk until well combined.
Add the self-raising flour, whisk until just combined, then pull together with your hands to form a dough.
Split the cookie dough mixture into 18 roughly equal pieces, (each around one tablespoon in size), then roll each piece into a ball.
Pop 2 Tbsp caster sugar into a small bowl.
Roll the cookie mixture balls around in the sugar to coat all over.
Place on the baking tray, leaving plenty of space in between each one for spreading (these cookies spread out a lot).
Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, then remove from the oven.
While the cookies are baking, carefully cut each of your orange or pink smarties in half for chick beaks.
As soon as the cookies are cool enough to handle, but still warm, carefully push 2 candy eyes and one half smartie beak (cut side down) into the cookie to make a chick face.
Leave the cookies on the tray for 10 minutes before carefully transferring to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
Enjoy!
Note: Once completely cool, cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
If you enjoyed this recipe, you might also like these fun chick and nest themed makes and bakes:
Chick Themed Free Lunchbox Notes
Or for more spring themed fun food and activity ideas, check out the Fun Easter Food section here on the Eats Amazing blog or pop over and follow my Easter Pinterest boards for lots more fun ideas from around the web; Healthy Easter Food and Easter.
Grace
Cute and Easy Chick Cookies
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 150 g butter room temperature
- 125 g +2 Tbsp golden caster sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- yellow gel food colouring optional
- 185 g self-raising flour
To decorate:
- 36 candy eyeballs
- 9 orange or pink smarties chocolate beans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (Gas mark 4/350°F). Line two large baking trays with grease-proof or baking paper
- Whisk 150g butter, 125g caster sugar and the egg yolk together in a large bowl until fluffy.
- Add the vanilla extract and yellow food colouring (if using) and whisk until well combined.
- Add the self-raising flour, whisk until just combined, then pull together with your hands to form a dough.
- Split the cookie dough mixture into 18 roughly equal pieces, (each around one tablespoon in size), then roll each piece into a ball.
- Pop 2 Tbsp caster sugar into a small bowl. Roll the cookie balls around in the sugar to coat all over and place on the baking tray, leaving plenty of space in between each one for spreading (these cookies spread out a lot).
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, then remove from the oven.
- While the cookies are baking, carefully cut each of your orange or pink smarties in half for chick beaks.
- As soon as the cookies are cool enough to handle, but still warm, carefully push 2 candy eyes and one half smartie beak into the cookie to make a chick face.
- Leave the cookies on the tray for 10 minutes before carefully transferring to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Notes
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