MAKES 18-20 COOKIES
Prep Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

COOKIES
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
¼ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt

ICING
1 Color Kitchen Frosting Mix with Sprinkles (color of your choosing or Plain)
1 Color Kitchen Pink, Orange or Yellow Color Packets (additional colors of your choosing)
3 tbsp milk or milk alternative

Directions

COOKIES

In a stand mixer with a beater attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on high speed for 3-4 minutes.

Add the eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture and beat on low speed until combined.

Add the flour, salt, and baking powder and beat until all ingredients are combined in a smooth dough.

Form the dough into a disk and wrap with plastic wrap. Place in the fridge to cool for 1-2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

When the dough is done chilling, roll it out into a ½-inch thick sheet. Cut out cookie shapes using egg-shaped cookie cutters.

Place the cookies on the baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Let cool for at least 15 minutes before decorating with icing.

DECORATE

Empty the powdered sugar from the frosting mix into a bowl. Add the milk and mix until smooth.

Spoon 3 tablespoons of the plain icing into a piping back with a small round top. Pipe an oval border along the edges of each cookie. Pipe a line in the middle, dividing the cookies in two halves.

Divide the remaining icing between 3 bowls. Add ¼ teaspoon of food coloring to each bowl of frosting and mix until combined. Fill ½ of each cookie with the pastel icing.

Add another ¼ teaspoon of food coloring to the bowls and mix until combined. Use the deeper-colored icing to fill the other half of the cookies.

Top the cookies with nonpareil sprinkles.