This year we’re going to skip Easter dinner and go straight to dessert! You’re welcome!
Bunny Paw Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cookies
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Icing
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 3 Tbsp. strawberry jam
- 1 Tbsp. (or more) heavy cream
- Pink food coloring (optional)
Directions
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt until combined.
- In a large bowl, using a handheld mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and granulated sugar until fluffy and pale in color. Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined. Gradually add dry ingredients and beat on medium-low speed until combined and no dry streaks remain.
- Using a tablespoon, scoop out 20 pieces of dough and roll into a ball. Arrange on 2 parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2″ apart. Scoop remaining dough into scant 1-tsp. pieces and roll into balls. Place 3 pieces of dough above each bigger ball to create a bunny paw. Freeze dough until well chilled, at least 30 minutes and up to overnight.
- Arrange racks in center and lower third of oven; preheat to 350°.
- Bake cookies, rotating trays from top to bottom halfway through, until light golden on the edges and cookies look just set, 15 to 17 minutes.
- Immediately after taking cookies out of the oven, press bigger piece of cookie with the back of a teaspoon, then the smaller pieces with the back of a 1/2 teaspoon to make an indent. Let cool completely.
Icing
- In a medium bowl, stir confectioners’ sugar, jam, cream, and 1 drop pink food coloring (if using). Add more cream 1 tsp. at a time to loosen icing as needed.
- Spoon a small amount of icing into each indention on cookies.
Pan O Peeps S’mores
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 cups (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips
- 5 packages of Peeps, mix and match colors to your liking
- Graham crackers, for serving
Directions
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- Add chocolate and the cream to a small saucepan over medium heat, stir until chocolate is melted.
- In a medium skillet, add your chocolate and cream mixture and stir to combine. Arrange Peeps in a colorful pattern atop.
- Bake until tops of peeps are golden, 5 to 10 minutes.
Blondies with mini Cadbury Eggs
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 (7.3-oz.) bags Cadbury eggs, crushed in bag, divided
Directions
- Arrange a rack in center of oven; preheat to 350°. Grease an oval 12″ x 9″ casserole dish (to look like an egg, or you can use a 2- to 3-qt. baking dish) with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, salt, and baking soda.
- In a large bowl, whisk butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and whisk until thick and smooth.
- Fold dry ingredients into egg mixture until no streaks of flour remain.
- Fold half of Cadbury eggs into batter. Pour into prepared pan. Top with remaining Cadbury eggs.
- Bake blondies until top is golden brown and just set (the center might feel a little soft, but that’s okay), 45 to 50 minutes. You can also tent a piece of foil over the top if they begin to brown too much on top. Let cool.
