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These Easter blossom cookies are easy and melt in your mouth!

These Easter Blossom Cookies are going to be the hit of the holiday!  Perfect for Spring these light cookies are rolled in pastel sanding sugar before being baked and topped with a chocolate kiss.  These cookies are a classic and are lightly flavored with vanilla and almond but can be flavored with lemon, orange or strawberry extract.

These cookies, you guys!! They are soooo good!  These are festive, sweet bites of Easter deliciousness!

These cookies are buttery and rich but are light and melt in your mouth with a great little pop of chocolate on top.

There is nothing I love more than baking during the holidays, I love getting all the sprinkles and icings, and different cookies and creating huge platters of cookies for our Easter lunch and of course for giving our as gifts!! Of all the cookies I make during the Spring these have to be my favorite!

These are so easy to make and require ingredients I bet you already have on hand!  I love making them because they are so gorgeous with all the sprinkles on the outside.

They are so delicious!! I thought my husband was going to eat to the whole batch!  They have become my grandma’s new favorite cookies and that is saying something especially since her name is Cookie lol.

So this Easter make these super easy, super delicious cookies and serve them up on a big old  cookie platter and you will be the hit of any get together.

These Easter Blossom Cookies are also the perfect gift for teachers, neighbors, friends, hostess gift, anyone would love to receive these delicious little cookies!

Can I make these just one color?

Sure! You can use just color sprinkle if you like.  I love the way they look rolled in a bunch of different color sprinkles but you can surely just use one. 

Can I make these ahead of time?

You can make the dough and put it in the fridge the night before to save some time.  They also stay fresh for a bit in an airtight container but they never last long around here anyways.

Can I use margarine instead of butter?

Please don’t! These cookies have an out of this world buttery flavor that can only come from real butter.

Can I make top these with other candy?

Yes! I like to use the Hugs Kisses but around Easter you might be able to find more Spring flavored and colored kisses.  You can also top them with different Easter candy.

FREEZER INSTRUCTIONS:

Want to get a head start on your holiday baking? You can make these ahead of time and keep them in the freezer until you are ready for Easter!

Just bake your cookies and let them cool COMPLETELY! Then you can store them in an airtight container for up to 6 months.  If stacking the cookies in the container place a piece of wax paper or parchment paper between the layers.  Make sure that you remove them from their container to thaw so condensation does not form.

You can also freeze the dough for up to 3 months ahead of time.

Gather your ingredients.

Cream the sugar and butter.

Add the eggs and extracts.

Add your flour.

Roll into balls and roll in sprinkles.

Bake and add the kisses while the cookies are still warm.

Serve!

Ingredients

• Butter – You of course need to use some good butter for this recipe.  Use unsalted so you can control the amount of salt you add to the dough. 
• Sugar –  Just granulated sugar is all you need to make these cookies sweet!
• Egg –  Helps bind the cookies and give them some richness and rise. 
• Vanilla extract –  A little vanilla extract is always good in any cookie even if you are adding other flavorings.
• Almond extract – I like to use almond extract in these cookies but you can also use lemon, strawberry or orange flavoring. 
• Flour –  Just all-purpose flour is all you need. 
• Baking soda –  Gives the cookies their rise. 
• Salt  –  Just a pinch to make the flavors pop. 
• Milk –  A little bit of milk will make the cookies nice and tender. 
• Pastel sanding sugar, pink, yellow, green, blue – These give the cookies their sparkly, colorful look.
• 24 Hershey Hugs Kisses –  I like to use the Hugs because the chocolate and white stripe looks adorable on these cookies. 

How to make these Easter Blossom Cookies

1. FULL RECIPE BELOW 
2. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
3. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. 
4. In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
5. Next add in the egg and extracts and beat until just combined. 
6. Next mix in the flour, baking soda, salt and milk. 
7. Once everything is combined form about 1 tablespoon size balls of dough. 
8. Roll each dough ball into one of the sanding sugars and place onto the lined baking tray.
9. Bake for 8-10 minutes until the cookies are just set. 
10. You may need to bake the cookies in two batches. 
11. Let the cookies cool for 2 minutes before topping each one with a Hershey Kiss pressing them into the cookie slightly. 
12. Let cool and serve!

Want to gift these?

These cookies make the perfect holiday gift for teachers, friends, neighbors, anyone would love to receive a package of these.  You can place a couple in holiday cellophane bags all tied off with a pretty ribbon, you can pile them into those cute festive Chinese takeout containers you can find in the party section (I find mine at the Target Dollar Spot).  Of course there is the traditional cookie tin which would hold a ton of these delicious cookies.  Also for a fun DIY approach you can take and empty and clean Pringles can and wrap the outside in wrapping paper, fill it with cookies and place the lid on and stick on a bow, voila you have the perfect present!  These are also good cookies to ship just make sure to pack them well in an airtight container and you can send these as a yummy gift to anyone!

Products I used to make these delicious cookies!

• Wilton Perfect Results Non-Stick Mega Large Cookie Pan

Want more easter recipes? Check out these!

• Easter cookie dough truffles

• Slow Cooker Easter Candy

• Slow Cooker Dyed Easter eggs

• Easter Egg Bark

• Easter Cookie Bars

Easter Blossom Cookies

Yield: 2 dozen

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

These Easter Blossom Cookies are going to be the hit of the holiday!  Perfect for Spring these light cookies are rolled in pastel sanding sugar before being baked and topped with a chocolate kiss.  These cookies are a classic and are lightly flavored with vanilla and almond but can be flavored with lemon, orange or strawberry extract.

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Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon milk
• Pastel sanding sugar, pink, yellow, green, blue
• 24 Hershey Hugs Kisses

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. 
3. In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Next add in the egg and extracts and beat until just combined. 
5. Next mix in the flour, baking soda, salt and milk. 
6. Once everything is combined form about 1 tablespoon size balls of dough. 
7. Roll each dough ball into one of the sanding sugars and place onto the lined baking tray.
8. Bake for 8-10 minutes until the cookies are just set. 
9. You may need to bake the cookies in two batches. 
10. Let the cookies cool for 2 minutes before topping each one with a Hershey Kiss pressing them into the cookie slightly. 
11. Let cool and serve!

Notes

• Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

• You can skip the sanding sugar and just use food coloring in the dough if you like. 
• You can use any flavor hershey kiss you like.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 143Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 122mgCarbohydrates: 20gFiber: 1gSugar: 11gProtein: 2g