EASTER BUNNY COOKIES on a stick with paper bow ties

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How to decorate bow tie bunny cookies for Easter.

Easter bunny cookies

I’m back with what’s quickly becoming a seasonal tradition. Last Spring it was all about flower cookies. This Winter it was all about snowflake cookies.

Now Haniela’s has brought us all together again with Easter treats and crafts. And there are a whole bunch of us this year.

Which means a whole bunch of ideas for the holiday. Why, it’s a virtual Easter Extravaganza! Just click on each picture at the end of this post to visit the bloggers’ posts.

I made bow tie bunny cookies on a stick for Easter.

To see all the bloggers’ creations, click HERE to visit Haniela’s, and be sure to stop by everyone’s site for the full tutorials. For the direct links, scroll to the bottom of this post.

I kept things simple with some bow tie bunny cookie pops.

When given the only parameter of “Easter-inspired,” I was overwhelmed with directions.

Eggs, baskets, pastels, chocolate bunnies, gingham, daisies, carrots, cookies, cupcakes, fondant, marshmallows… So I scratched all that and just stuck with a plain white bunny.

Two dots for eyes and a sprinkle nose makes these even simpler, and that, my friends, was purposeful. Defiant, almost, against complication.

Though I guess the over calculating of simplicity erases said simplicity. And there you have my psyche in a nutshell. Sigh.

how to make Easter bunny cookies

First, make the cookies.

Prepare cookie dough according to the recipe, chill, roll out 3/8-inch thick (for pops) or 1/4-inch thick (for regular cookies), cut out bunny heads (I cut off the heads of my copper bunny cutter, but you can cut the heads off any you prefer), insert lollipop sticks (found at the craft store), and bake according to the recipe.

Let cool completely. For tips on making cookie pops, click HERE.

Second, make the icing.

Prepare royal icing according to the recipe.

Tint about about two cups of icing (depending on how many cookies you are decorating) white using Americolor Soft Gel Paste Bright White food coloring. Prepare a disposable decorating bag with coupler and size “3” decorating tip (found in the craft store).

Fill with half of the icing and close tightly with a rubber band. Reserve and cover the remaining white icing.

For cookie decorating supplies, click HERE.

Third, decorate the cookies.

Pipe an outline on the cookies and let set about 15 minutes.

Thin the reserved white icing with water, a few drops at a time, until the consistency of thick glue.

Fill an empty decorating bag with the thinned icing, snip the tip about 1/4-inch and loosely pipe to fill the cookies, encouraging the icing as needed with a toothpick.

Let the cookies dry well, several hours at least, or overnight preferred.

For tips on basic cookie decorating, click HERE. When dry, use a dab of light corn syrup to adhere a little heart sprinkle, and draw two dots with an edible writer.

Fourth, add the bow tie. To make the bow ties, fold a piece of decorative paper in half and cut out half a bow tie at the fold. Cut a couple slits at the top and bottom of the center of the bow tie to thread the lollipop stick through.