Description
Cute and festive spring chick cookies made from soft buttery dough and decorated with colorful icing—perfect for holidays and fun baking.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- Yellow icing
- Orange icing (for beaks)
- Black icing (for eyes)
- Sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Cream softened butter and sugar together, then mix in egg and vanilla extract.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, then add to the wet mixture.
- Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Roll out dough and cut into round cookie shapes.
- Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 10–12 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool completely before decorating.
- Use icing to create chick faces, beaks, eyes, and decorative details.
Notes
Chilling the dough helps maintain shape while baking. Let cookies cool fully before decorating for best results.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: International
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 140
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg