I have yummy news! I’m so excited to share another recipe with you… A recipe I like to use as a cookie decorating base… Sweet and buttery, soft with delicious chocolate surprises in every bite.
HERSHEY’S EGGIES Sugar Cookies.
Not only were these fun to make, and fairly easy with some simple decorating tips, I loved the added chocolatey flavour and crunch. I used both the real milk chocolate and Cookies n’ Cream EGGIES to decorate the cookies, and you could use either or even both for the sugar cookie recipe itself.
I’ve partnered with EGGIES for this project, and am happy to share that you have a chance to be recognized with an EGGIES Star from HERSHEY’S prize pack by making your own creation with EGGIES. So make these sweet little guys or come up with your own design, share on social media with #eggiescreations and for your chance to receive the EGGIES Star prize pack.
Enjoy baking and nibbling on these!
HERSHEY'S EGGIES Sugar Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup HERSHEY'S EGGIES, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Cream the butter and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer on low to medium speed. (Use the paddle attachment). Mix until thoroughly incorporated - for about one minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a plastic spatula and mix again for a few seconds more. Over mixing the butter and sugar in this step will cause too much air to be incorporated into the dough. If you'd like a light and fluffy cookie, that's ideal, however the dough will spread more during baking; not ideal if you'd like the cookie to hold its shape.
- Add eggs slowly and mix. Scrape down the bowl with your spatula at least once and mix again. Add vanilla extract. Stir briefly.
- Sift your dry ingredients together. (Flour, baking powder and salt). Add all of the flour mixture to the bowl. Place a large tea towel between the edge of the bowl and the electric mixer so that the flour won't escape. Mix on low speed for 30 seconds. Remove the tea towels and observe the dough mixing; when it starts to come together add the Hershey’s Eggies and mix until the dough clumps around the paddle attachment.
- Roll the dough out between 2 large pieces of parchment paper. Place on a baking sheet and into the fridge for a minimum of 1 hour.
- Roll out the dough further if you need to, and cut out cookie shapes. Place on parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Re-roll scraps and repeat.
- Put cookie dough shapes back into the fridge for 10 minutes to 1 hour to chill again. They will then hold their shape better when baked.
- Preheat your oven to 350°F or 176°C.
- Bake cookies for 8-12 minutes or until the edges become golden brown. The baking time will depend on the size of your cookie.
- Let cookies cool to room temperature and decorate if you like! If you’re new to decorating cookies, here is a cookie decorating tutorial with everything you’ll need to know to begin!
Notes
Decorating Cookies
Royal Icing
You can find my favorite royal icing recipe here. The consistency of icing is key for easy decorating. Click here to see a YouTube video on finding the right icing thickness.
Decorating Items
What you’ll need (Some of these are affiliate links):
- Piping Tips – PME #1.5, PME #2, PME #4, tip #233
- Piping Bags
- Couplers
- Gel paste colors
- Scribe Toolor Toothpicks
- Hershey’s Eggies, regular and Cookies n’ Cream
- Circle cookie cutters
- I am no longer able to find the exact chicken cookie cutter online, but you can find similar ones here.
- Goose cookie cutter
- Mini bird cookie cutter
Decorating Steps
This video on outlining and flooding is a good place to start if you’re new to decorating cookies with royal icing. These cookie decorating basics YouTube videos may also be helpful to get you started.
To assemble the cookies, spread green icing on the circle cookies using a butter knife, and pipe brown circular “nests” on top with piping tip #4. Use a toothpick inserted into the base cookie as well as thick royal icing to prop up the hens and ducks and then pipe brown “hay” around them using grass tip #233. Place the EGGIES onto the icing next, while the icing is wet. Have fun decorating!
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to drop me a line below in the comment section or on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube.
Happy baking!
xo,
Marian
Marilyn says
As always, your cookies are always so unique and perfect! You are the best! Glad you are posting again Marian.
marian says
Thanks Marilyn, nice to “see” you commenting here too!
Daniela says
It would have been nice to see a video on how to decorate them step-by-step or at least a few more photos… Thanks for sharing.
marian says
Thanks for the feedback, Daniela! If you make them and have any questions, happy to help!
Roshini says
Beautiful! Love them as usual. Glad to see your post after so long 🙂
marian says
Hi Roshini, thanks so much and I appreciate you still visiting me here!
niner @ ninerbakes.com says
They looks so so so cute, Marian.
I am always amazed at your talent. I do not get tired of it.
I enjoy gazing at your creations for years now.
“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”
God bless you, my Marian 🙂
Marian says
Niner thank you so much for your sweet comments and for your support! xo
Maria says
Hi Marian,
Beautiful, very cute. Love how you explain step by step how to be successful. Gives me the spring feeling! Thank you for sharing!
ML
marian says
Thank you Maria! Excited to see spring too! xo
Donna says
Good to see you back, your work inspired me to try cookie decorating. I’ve learned so much from your videos! Your work is beautiful!
marian says
Thank you Donna, I’m glad you tried cookie decorating and I appreciate your comment!
Anita says
Hi Marian,
Just wanted to let you know I found some cookie cutters at a great price that look like yours on a website called Cookiecutter.com. I ordered the chicken and mini chicken and a mini duck. Hope this helps your other followers. I can’t wait to get my cutters to make some of your cookies, they’re so cute!!
marian says
Thanks for sharing Anita!
Cathy says
How much baking powder does the recipe call for? It’s not included in the ingredients list. Thanks!
Marian (Sweetopia) says
Hi Cathy,
I don’t use a leavening agent in any of my decorated cookie bases, as it makes them spread too much.
Connie Beal says
How much baking powder? Your recipe doesn’t say how much.
Marian (Sweetopia) says
Hi Connie,
I don’t use a leavening agent in any of my decorated cookie bases, as it makes them spread too much.
Anna says
Hi Marian,
I wonder, how have you made these geese’s wings (those irregular, featherly-like ones) – have you used a bare piping bag or a decorating tip (if the latter – which one)?
I admire your work and love to see new designs any time you post them! Thank you for sharing your art with us!
marian says
Hi Anna,
I piped with a larger round tip (think it was a #4), and just used a small palette spatula to spread the icing a bit. The icing definitely has to be thick. Hope that helps!
Barb says
How much baking powder is needed its not mentioned in the recipe
marian says
Hi Barb,
I do not use a levening agent in my cut out cookie recipes as it makes them spread. Although the cookie will be slightly denser, they are still lovely and delicious, in my opinion. 🙂