Description
Sweet Easter basket sugar cookie cups bring springtime joy to dessert tables with delightful charm. Pastel-colored candies nestled in buttery cookie shells create irresistible bite-sized treats you cannot resist sharing with family and friends.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 package (16 ounces/454 grams) Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough
- 2 bags (9 ounces/255 grams each) Hershey’s Egg Candies
Cookie Cup Base:
- 1 cup (2 sticks/227 grams) salted butter
Frosting and Decoration:
- 3 cups (340 grams) powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Green food coloring
Instructions
- Prepare the oven at 350°F and generously coat a 12-cup muffin tin with non-stick spray.
- Distribute individual cookie dough pieces into each muffin well, ensuring even placement.
- Bake for 10-14 minutes until edges turn delicately golden and surfaces appear set.
- Immediately after removing from oven, use a shot glass or spice jar to gently press centers, creating basket-like indentations.
- Allow cookies to rest in the tin for 10 minutes, enabling them to firm up and become easier to remove.
- Whip butter in a mixing bowl until light and airy, gradually incorporating powdered sugar while mixing thoroughly.
- Introduce vanilla extract and heavy cream, blending until the mixture becomes silky smooth.
- Add green food coloring and mix until achieving a vibrant, consistent shade throughout the frosting.
- Fill a piping bag fitted with a large star tip with the prepared frosting.
- Carefully pipe the green frosting into each cooled cookie cup, creating decorative swirls.
- Garnish each cup with three chocolate egg candies, strategically placing them to resemble an easter basket.
- Serve immediately and enjoy these festive, delectable treats.
Notes
- Customize the cookie dough by using homemade or store-bought sugar cookie mix for convenience and flexibility.
- Ensure even baking by rotating the muffin tin halfway through the cooking process to prevent uneven browning.
- Create a clean indentation by using a tool with a flat bottom and smooth sides, like a small measuring cup or pestle.
- Prevent cookies from sticking by generously spraying the muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray or using silicone muffin liners.
- Experiment with different frosting colors to match seasonal themes or personal preferences.
- Swap chocolate eggs with other small candies like jelly beans or marshmallow chicks for variety.
- Cool cookies completely before adding frosting to maintain the structural integrity of the cookie cups.
- Make frosting ahead of time and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days for quick assembly.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 220 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg