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Easter Bunny M&M Sugar Cookies

Incredibly soft, thick, and chewy sugar cookies decorated with pastel candies to look like adorable Easter bunny faces. The perfect easy spring baking project!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Chilling time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 27 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, Spring
Calories: 210
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cookie Dough
  • 2.75 cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 0.25 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • 1 large egg yolk room temperature
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 0.5 tsp almond extract optional
Decorations
  • 1 cup pastel M&Ms or similar candy-coated chocolate
  • 0.25 cup pastel chocolate chips for ears (or use halved M&Ms)

Equipment

  • Mixing bowls
  • Baking sheet
  • Hand mixer or stand mixer
  • Cookie scoop

Method
 

  1. Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar on medium-high until pale and fluffy (3-4 minutes).
  3. Beat in the whole egg, egg yolk, vanilla extract, and almond extract until fully combined.
  4. Turn mixer to low and gradually add the dry ingredients, mixing just until no flour streaks remain. Do not overmix.
  5. Cover the dough and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
  6. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  7. Scoop about 1.5 tablespoons of dough, roll into a ball, and place 2 inches apart on the baking sheets.
  8. Bake for 10-12 minutes until edges are barely golden and centers are soft.
  9. Immediately out of the oven, gently press one round candy into the center for the face, and two smaller candies above it for the ears.
  10. Let cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Sort your candies by color while the dough is chilling so you are ready to decorate as soon as the cookies come out of the hot oven.