Bunny Cookies

These Bunny Butter Cookies are the perfect combination of buttery richness and delicate crispness! With a soft vanilla aroma and a melt-in-the-mouth texture, they make an irresistibly charming treat. The addition of piped carrot details, colored with orange and green gel food coloring, brings a playful touch. These cookies are a fun and festive treat—perfect for spring, Easter, or any time you want to bake something irresistibly cute!

Ingredients:

- 280g unsalted butter, room temperature

- 130g icing sugar

- 100g whole egg, whisked

- 1 tsp vanilla paste

- 330g plain flour

- 70g cornflour

- 1/4 tsp salt

- Orange and green gel food colouring

- Black candy melts (for facial details)

- Pink Lustre dust (for blush)

Instructions:

1. Prepare the Dough:

   In a large bowl, beat the butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add the whisked egg, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla paste.

2. Incorporate Dry Ingredients:

   Sift together the plain flour, cornflour, and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mixing until a smooth dough forms.  Don’t overmix.

3. Colour and Shape:

   - Take a small portion of the dough and divide it into two parts. Colour one part orange and the other green using gel food colouring.

   - Transfer the orange dough to a piping bag fitted with a small round tip and pipe tiny carrot shapes.

   - Use the green dough to pipe small carrot tops with smaller round tip.

   - Pipe the main bunny cookie shapes using the uncoloured dough using a star tip 8B or smaller.

4. Bake in Two Stages:

   - Preheat the oven to 170°C and bake for 10minutes until the edges are just set.

   - Reduce the temperature to 80°C and continue baking for 15 minutes to achieve a crisp and delicate texture.

5. Add Facial Details:

   Melt the black candy melts and use a fine brush or a piping bag with a tiny tip to add facial details to the bunnies.  Add some pink lustre dust for blush(optional)

6. Cool and Serve:

   Let the cookies cool completely before serving. Enjoy these adorable bunny butter cookies🥕🐰