Gingerbread Easter Eggs

Delicious gingerbread cookies drizzled with colored chocolate- who says you can only have these cookies at Christmas?!?

I love gingerbread. Goodness, it is probably my favorite cookie at Christmas. My go-to recipe is my grandma’s, and it is already shared on Easybaked (here)- but it is TOTALLY worth sharing again! I made these last week for a friend who requested gingerbread cookies, and I couldn’t resist decorating them up for Easter. They were so cute that I thought I’d share them with you! Once Easter has passed, cut these into flowers or butterflies for spring! So. Fun!

Here’s how we made them: (printable recipe here)

INGREDIENTS: (makes about 36 medium egg-shaped cookies)

• 1 cup (2 sticks) of butter
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup of dark molasses
• 2 tablespoons of vinegar
• 5 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of cloves
• Wilton’s candy melts in a variety of colors (just maybe 1/4 cup of each color)

DIRECTIONS:

• Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Beat in egg, molasses and vinegar.
• Blend in sifted dry ingredients.
• Chill 2-3 hours (this is optional- I have found that the dough rolls out pretty well right away)
• Roll 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch thick on a floured counter or board and cut into egg shapes.
• Place on cookie sheets covered in parchment paper.
• Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes.
• Check often- take out when cookies have risen slightly. Slide parchment paper off cookie sheet onto counter with cookies on top. Cool.
• Melt Candy Melts in individual bowls in the microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between until melted and smooth. 
• Spoon each color into a small zip-top bag and seal. 
• Clip a tiny corner off, and pipe back and forth over each cookie, adding as many fun colored stripes as you wish!
• Enjoy!

My thoughts: I love these cookies all year round. There is something fun about having the scent of gingerbread in the house during spring. New tradition I think!!!  😉 I hope you get a chance to try these! ~r

Other spring recipe ideas: (click on a photo to see the recipe)