Description
These Easter Basket Sugar Cookie Cups are adorable, delicious, and easy to make! 🧁🥚 Buttery sugar cookie cups are baked in a muffin tin, filled with fluffy vanilla buttercream, and topped with chocolate egg candies for the perfect Easter treat. Great for spring parties, Easter brunch, or as a fun baking project with kids! 🌸🐣
Ingredients
✔️ 1 package (16 oz) Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough (flat package, not the round log)
✔️ 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, softened
✔️ 3 cups powdered sugar
✔️ 2 tbsp heavy whipping cream
✔️ 1 tsp vanilla extract
✔️ 2 bags (9 oz each) Hershey’s Egg Candies (or Cadbury Mini Eggs, Reese’s Mini Eggs, jelly beans)
✔️ Optional: Pastel sprinkles & food coloring
Instructions
1️⃣ Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C) and grease a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
2️⃣ Separate the cookie dough and place one piece in each muffin cup.
3️⃣ Bake for 10-14 minutes until lightly golden. Do not overbake!
4️⃣ Immediately after baking, use a shot glass or spice jar to gently press down the center of each cookie to form a “basket.”
5️⃣ Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then carefully remove and transfer to a cooling rack.
6️⃣ In a mixing bowl, beat butter for 2 minutes until fluffy.
7️⃣ Add powdered sugar (1 cup at a time), mixing on low, then beat for 1 minute on medium.
8️⃣ Add vanilla extract & heavy cream, then beat to desired consistency. Adjust with more sugar (thicker) or more cream (thinner).
9️⃣ (Optional) Add food coloring for pastel-colored frosting! 🌸
🔟 Pipe or spoon buttercream into each cookie cup.
1️⃣1️⃣ Top with 3 egg candies per cookie.
1️⃣2️⃣ (Optional) Sprinkle with pastel Easter sprinkles for extra fun!
Notes
✨ Try different toppings! Use jelly beans, Cadbury Mini Eggs, or sprinkles.
✨ No piping bag? Use a Ziploc bag, snip off a corner, and pipe away!
✨ Make them colorful! Add food coloring to match your Easter theme.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
Nutrition
- Calories: 213 kcal per serving
- Sugar: 22g per serving
- Fat: 12g per serving
- Carbohydrates: 27g per serving
- Protein: 1g per serving