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Anyone else ready for spring? We sure are. We made a run-through of a few spring dessert recipes. I’m sharing one of our quick and easy decorated cookies! You will love how easy these Robin’s Nest Easter decorated cookies are to make for upcoming spring gatherings. You know, all those kids’ parties, Easter, Earth Day, and other spring celebrations.
We love spring and Easter desserts that are easy. Do you? We think you’ll love today’s hack to shorten the time in the kitchen and spend more time with family. Enjoy this fun and tasty treat that is so easy even the kids can help with.
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Easy Robin’s Nest Cookies
Making cute decorated cookies doesn’t have to be hard; my hack is to use cookie dough. The baked chocolate chip cookies are as tasty as homemade. They smell amazing when they are baking. Oh, yum. Decorated for Easter, these Robin’s Nest Egg Cookiesare a big hit! I love that it cuts the time, just bake, cool, and decorate.
Supplies you’ll need to make these spring decorated cookies
Nestlé® Toll House® white chocolate chips*Optional (I picked up the white chocolate chips for another recipe at the same time, but you could use them if you prefer. Directions below. I prefer using white cake icing.
Follow the Toll House recipe or use the pre-made Toll House package directions for baking the cookie dough. Preheat the oven to 350°F. If you are looking for homemade cookies to make, try any of our cookie recipes.
Bake according to package: 12 minutes or until golden brown. Use hot pads to remove from the oven, and set out to cool. Cool completely using cooling racks.
Tap your feet when waiting for them to cool, or sneak a warm cookie. I can not in good faith say that a cookie hasn’t been eaten before decorating. That’s why we picked up 2 packages. He-he In the meantime, set up your decorating station. I like putting my candies in ramekins or small bowls. (This way, you can refill as needed, and if kids are helping, you can give them their own decorating setup) When fully cooled, you can start to decorate the cookies.
How to decorate Robin’s Nest Cookies
You will need something for spreading the icing. My favorite baking tool for spreading icing is acake spatula. Or grab a butter knife.
You can use the white chocolate chips for this recipe if you prefer that over icing. If you are melting white chocolate chips, you’ll need a microwave-proof bowl.
Directions for using white chocolate chips – Heat, stop halfway, mix the melted chips, and heat again. It should only take a minute or so.
Use small batches for the white chocolate, and do not overheat it in the microwave so it won’t burn. (Use hot pads when handling)
Work in small batches. Use a spatula to spread the chocolate to cover the cookie as quickly as possible. As white chocolate cools, it hardens.
Add edible grass while warm. Press slightly.
I prefer the icing vs. white chocolate for this recipe. Just grab a tub and ice your cookies. It’s easier and more kid-friendly.
Frost the cookies and then add the edible grass candy.
Take your edible grass sprinkles from the ramekin and add them to the iced cookie to create a circle around your cookie. Leave the center free of sprinkles for the candy eggs.
Add edible robin’s nest egg candies to the center of the cookie’s nest.
Decorate the Cookies: One by one, repeat the process until all your cookies are decorated.
This is an easy Easter cookie recipe.
We love celebrations with our family and friends. Serving cookies and sweet treats.
Easter with our family has grown every year, as the older kids have started their families. This is the perfect easy spring dessert recipe for everyone. Bonus, it’s so easy to serve.
The grandkids are getting to be the perfect age for Easter Egg hunts. One of my daughters has chickens, and we love dyeing eggs. She loves hand lettering and makes beautiful chalkboards with Easter sayings.
I love baking and creating fun centerpieces to decorate the table. In our family, we alternate whose house Easter celebrations are at. We all bring a favorite Easter treat, pitch in on cooking the dinner, and remember why we have gathered. We are a big group when we all get together, who love playing board games while snacking on treats.
Scrabble is a must at almost every gathering as the night goes on. What’s your family’s favorite game?
I serve cookies on smaller stacked plates, spread out over the table. Or if serving a crowd, use a platter. These spring cookies look so pretty plated.
How do you celebrate Easter?
Have you seen all the Nestlé® Toll House® Easter dessert recipes? There are quite a few quick and easy spring dessert recipes and ideas. There are Toll House recipes for baked goods, cookies, and candies. On social media, follow the hashtag #SpringJustGotSweeter to see all the recipes using chocolate chips and cookie dough.
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A quick, and easy Robin’s Nest Cookies recipe that starts with chocolate chip cookies. Step by step instructions for decorating. Perfect Easter dessert recipe, that’s kids friendly.
Prep Time10minutes
Cook Time12minutes
Total Time1hour
Servings24
AuthorTheresa Huse DearCreatives.com
Ingredients
Nestlé® Toll House® Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough 24 cookies per package
Nestlé® Toll House® white chocolate chipsI picked up for another recipe at the same time but, you could swap it out instead of white icing. See notes on site
1tub of white cake icing
candy – robins nest eggs edible grass,
Instructions
Bake according to package 12 minutes or until golden brown. Use hot pads to remove from oven, and set out to cool. Cool Completely.
When fully cooled you can start to decorate your cookies.
Spread your icing over your cookies.
Next sprinkle the edible grass into a circle around cookie, leaving the center un-decorated.
Then add your robin’s nest eggs into the center. Use an odd number, it looks more visually appealing.
Repeat steps until all your cookies are decorated.
Serve immediately. Or cover, and store in a cool place.
Recipe Notes
Use within a day or two. This makes one batch doubling the recipe be sure to get an extra tub of icing, and edible grass. Depending on the bag size of your candies for the eggs you may need a second bag. If you want to use white chocolate chips instead of icing see the full recipe on the site.
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