Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies

Cream together sugar and shortening. Add and mix in eggs, almond extract, milk, flour, salt and baking powder.

Place dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour.

Using flour and a rolling pin, roll out the dough and cut into bunny face shapes (use a 5 inch cookie cutter).

Place on a baking sheet and into a 350 degree F pre-heated oven. Bake 6-8 minutes then remove from oven.

Allow cookies to cool on towel or rack completely.

To make frosting, mix together about 5 cups of powdered sugar with a few teaspoons of water at a time until it becomes a smooth, easy to spread (but not too runny) consistency. In a small bowl, mix about a cup of frosting with a very small amount of pink food coloring.

Decorate one bunny at a time so that icing stays wet and goodies will stay attached to frosting.

Frost top of bunny with white icing.

Place pink frosting in decorating bag. Cut a medium hole at a corner of the bag. Starting at top of bunny ears, apply a straight line of frosting downward, letting up on pressure so becomes thinner and finally stops at bottom of ear (this is the pink, inside of the ear).

Place a pink chocolate egg where nose should be. Place blue or green M&M’s with picture or logo upside down where eyes go.

Cover all remaining white frosting that shows with grated coconut and gently remove excess coconut.

These cutie bunnies are fun to make with kids too!

Hoppy Easter!