Recipe: Grannies Garden Easter Cookies

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C and line baking trays with baking paper.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until well combined. Add the flour and baking powder in three batches, beating on a low speed until just combined.
3. Turn cookie dough onto a floured surface and knead lightly until smooth. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 15mins.
4. Using a well floured surface and rolling pin, roll out to about 7mm thickness and cut into shapes. I used a 2″ egg shaped cutter I bought in a kitchen shop.
5. Place baking tray full of cut cookies in the fridge (or the freezer in the harsh Aussie summer) for 10 mins before baking. It’s quite easy to get a rotation of trays happening.
6. Bake for 10 minutes or until just browning at the edge. Allow to cool on the tray for a few mins before transferring to a wire rack. Allow to cool completely before icing.
7. There are plenty of ways to cover a cookie in royal icing but I am low tech and smooth it on with a teaspoon! Once you have iced your cookies with royal icing allow the icing to dry overnight.
8. To get the grass effect, use a multi hole icing tip – I used a Wiltons 233. Use the green buttercream to pipe a ‘stem’ 2/3 as long as the cookie and then pipe shorter grass each side.
9. Add a sugar rose to the top of the stem and sprinkle with cachous.