The pretty pastel colors of this outfit made me so excited for spring. One of my favorite things to make with pretty shades of pinks and blues are sugar cookies, I made extra thin cookies for this recipe but you can customize it to your needs. There are so many fun Easter treats available right now that I use those to make my frosting. Use any of your favorite candy in place of the jelly beans in this recipe to make a perfect spring treat!
Recipe: 10 cookie sandwiches or 20 cookies
Ingredients:
Cookies:
1/2 C unsalted butter, softened
- 2/3 C white sugar
- 1 jumbo egg
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 1 2/3 C all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 C finely crushed almonds (optional)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 drop blue food coloring (I use neon)
Frosting:
- 300 ml heavy whipping cream
- 1 C fav reds starburst jelly beans (you can use your favorite candy, peeps would make such a pretty color)
Instructions:
Cookies:
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth.
- Beat in eggs vanilla and almond extract.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, almonds, salt and food coloring.
- Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Roll out dough on floured surface (be sure to flour your rolling pin too) 1/4 to 1/8 inch thick. I rolled mine out very thin for these cookie sandwiches, you can cater the thickness of the cookies to your liking.
- Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.
Frosting:
- In a small sauce pan heat cream over medium heat until it’s about to boil
- Remove from heat and stir in jelly beans until melted
- Cover with plastic wrap and place in fridge for at least 5-6 hours
- Remove from fridge, beat until fluffy about 3-4 minutes
Cookie Sandwich:
- Spoon 2 tbsp of frosting in between 2 cooled cookies
Enjoy!!
If you like the inspired look, check out some products below:
- Chanel Two-tone Sweater
- Equipment Mint Button Up Blouse
- Rochas Pastel Blue Trousers
- Metallic Loafers
HAPPY SHOPPING!
[If you’re looking for more style inspired recipes, check out Kacey’s page!]