Here is the critical point in which I could easily lie and tell you that children painted these Watercolor Easter Cookies in my photos, but no, I am a truthful person. I painted them and I have zero artistic ability!
I’m sure you can tell, hehehe.
![Watercolor Sugar Cookies can be made for any holiday, but I like them best for Easter. Easter Egg Cookies and Bunny Cookies are just so pretty with the soft glow of watercolor! #watercolorsugarcookies #sugarcookiecutouts #eastercookies www.savoryexperiments.com](https://www.savoryexperiments.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Watercolor-Sugar-Cookies-FB.jpg)
Watercolor Easter Cookies can be made for any holiday, but I like them best for Easter. Basic sugar cookie cutouts with an artistic twist.
However, if it is easy enough for me to do it, that also means it is the perfect activity for children! Watercolor Easter Cookies can be made for any old day or on a special holiday, like Easter. I happen to love the gentle glow watercolor gives off on an Easter Egg Cookie.
The biggest decision you will make are what shapes to make your cookies and if you want to also include flavor painting, which is adding clear extracts, thus flavor, to your “watercolors.”
You do need to use a good sugar cookie cutout recipe though. If not, the cookies will fluff up and lose their shape. I have provided my favorite recipe below.
![Watercolor Sugar Cookies can be made for any holiday, but I like them best for Easter. Easter Egg Cookies and Bunny Cookies are just so pretty with the soft glow of watercolor! #watercolorsugarcookies #sugarcookiecutouts #eastercookies www.savoryexperiments.com](https://www.savoryexperiments.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Watercolor-Sugar-Cookies-5.jpg)
Clear extracts can be purchased at art or baking supply stores. Also, be mindful of time. The cookies will need time to cool and the glaze frosting will need time to set. I recommend preparing your sugar cookies the day before you want to paint them.
The end result will be a watercolor or stained glass effect and will certainly be fun for the kiddos. Much more fun than mere sprinkles and frosting tubes.
- What do you need?
- cut-out sugar cookie dough (recipe below)
- frosting glaze (the type that gets hard and forms a shell, use Wilton’s
or the recipe below)
- cheap paint brushes
- liquid food coloring
(gel doesn’t work as well for this project)
- clear extract
(s) (optional)
- small ramekins
- water
- paper towels
Start your project by preparing sugar cookies. The recipe doesn’t matter much as long as they are cut-outs and uniform height, meaning flat. I included the handy, dandy recipe straight from Betty Crocker below. Make cookies according to the recipe and allow to cool.
Next, glaze the cookies. Place them on a dry rack so the glaze can drip off the sides and you can get nice, clean covered shapes. You can use a regular cookie icing or the recipe below.
Allow plenty of drying time for glaze frosting to harden. If you use Wilton’s, please be mindful that one bottle only frosts 12 cookies, so purchase accordingly.
Lastly, set up your painting space! Use as many small ramekins as you have colors. Remember your color wheel and you can blend to make your own special colors.
![Watercolor Sugar Cookies can be made for any holiday, but I like them best for Easter. Easter Egg Cookies and Bunny Cookies are just so pretty with the soft glow of watercolor! #watercolorsugarcookies #sugarcookiecutouts #eastercookies www.savoryexperiments.com](https://www.savoryexperiments.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Watercolor-Sugar-Cookies-66.jpg)
If you wish to flavor paint, add only a small drop of desired extract to each color bowl. Also set up and water dish and paper towel nearby for cleaning brushes.
Pro Tip: White vinegar will take food coloring right off the skin.
lastly, have at it! Paint away my foodie friends! Allow colors to dry before stacking. Or eat right away like I did! Enjoy your Watercolor Sugar Cookies!
Here are a few more fun Easter Recipes:
- Bunny Cupcakes
- Peepin’ Chicks Deviled Eggs
- Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcakes
- Homemade Chocolate Easter Eggs
- Tie Dye Sugar Cookies
- How to Dye Eggs
- Easter Poke Cake
![Watercolor Sugar Cookies can be made for any holiday, but I like them best for Easter. Easter Egg Cookies and Bunny Cookies are just so pretty with the soft glow of watercolor! #watercolorsugarcookies #sugarcookiecutouts #eastercookies www.savoryexperiments.com](https://www.savoryexperiments.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Watercolor-Sugar-Cookies-PIN-1.jpg)
Watercolor Easter Cookies
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Sugar Cookie Icing Recipe
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk or water
Instructions
- Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs, continue to beat. Add vanilla through salt and blend.
- Refrigerate for a minimum of an hour.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Divide dough into fourths and roll out on a lightly floured surface. Cut into desired shapes. Bake on a cookie sheet for 6-8 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.
- For cookie icing, blend both ingredients in a small bowl. Add a little more or less milk and powdered sugar until you get the desired consistency.
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
Such a cute idea! The kids would love to do these this weekend.
I’m not a great baker, so I would destroy them without question, but I would love to eat them if only someone else would make some for me 🙂
How fun! These are amazing looking! I need to try it.
These cookies are adorable!! You are so creative 🙂 What a fun Easter activity!
super cute! i haven’t done a thing for easter now i wish i had
Those are awesome! I wish I had the talent to create cool cookies but mine never turn out looking like they are supposed to. I even have a Pinterest board called just that. LOL I’ve heard a lot of people use paint brushes and I love that idea!
How fun! Such a creative and fun idea for Easter cookies
You did a great job. I love painted cookies.
Thanks!
Those are some good looking cookies! I never thought to paint the colors on like that.
Neither had I, however now I’m wondering why I ever had kids decorate with frosting and sprinkles, so boring compared to this!
Those are the cutest cookies I have ever seen! My boys would love this. I’ll definitely have to try it with them.
Have fun and let your creative juices flow!
Adorable Easter themed cookies. Happy Easter weekend.
Thanks, you too!
How cute and fun. My daughter would love to do some of these. We love watercoloring and being able to eat what you watercolored, even better.
Super cute! I have lots of paintbrushes so this is something that I could do!
These turned out so cute! I’ve never tried to do this but I bet my kids would have fun with it.
Oh my goodness, these cookies are absolutely adorable! I love the idea of them. I love decorating cookies with my son.. I might have to run out and pick up a few things for tomorrow. Thanks!
I hope I have some time to try this for Easter with my lil guy – so cute!
now that’s creative!
These cookies turned out adorable. My kids love to paint and I think they would enjoy painting cookies. I just bought some Easter themed cookie cutouts, so we will be trying this tomorrow.
Very cute! I love to make cookies like this too and know how hard it is to keep a steady hand. Yours look great! 🙂
I think you have more artistic ability than you give yourself credit for. Those turned out very cute.
Thank you, Terry!