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Serves: 24 sugar cookies
Ingredients
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 sticks unsalted butter (1½ cups) at room temperature
  • 1½ cups granulated sugar + ¼ cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
  • ⅔ cup Wilton yellow chocolate melts
  • 1 Tablespoon solid shortening
  • Wilton yellow sugar crystals
  • Wilton black decorating gel tube
  • Wilton orange decorating gel tube
  • 3 large rainbow Airhead Extreme candies
  • 3 large orange Airhead candies
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  3. In a medium mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  4. In a large mixing bowl, add the butter and sugar.
  5. Cream the butter and sugar on high for 4-5 minutes or until the mixture is light and fluffy.
  6. With mixer on low speed, add the eggs and vanilla. Mix until well incorporated.
  7. Add the dry ingredients and mix on low speed for 30-45 seconds, scraping the bowl if necessary.
  8. Add the remaining ¼ cup sugar into a bowl.
  9. Using a cookie scoop, scoop the dough into balls and roll into the bowl with sugar.
  10. Place the sugar-coated dough balls onto the baking sheet, 2 inches apart.
  11. Using a drinking glass, press down on each cookie to flatten - about ¼ inch thick.
  12. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown (oven temps vary).
  13. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to complete cooling process.
  14. Line another baking sheet with parchment paper. set aside.
  15. Melt shortening in a double boiler. Add yellow chocolate melts and stir occasionally until completely melted. Remove from heat.
  16. Frost each cooled sugar cookie with the melted yellow chocolate. I used a small metal spatula to spread the melted chocolate on each cookie. You need to work rather quickly as the chocolate hardens fast. Place the frosted cookies on the parchment-lined baking sheet.
  17. Before the chocolate "sets," sprinkle the sugared crystals on each cookie.
  18. Cut away the yellow strip from each rainbow airhead extreme candy piece. Cut each long piece into 8 smaller strips for the hair of each chick.
  19. Pipe 2 eyes on each cookie with the black icing.
  20. Cut 8 small triangles from each orange airhead candy piece.
  21. Apply small amount of icing to back of each triangle and attach to the cookie for the nose of each chick.
  22. With the orange icing tube, pipe 2 feet at the bottom of each cookie.
Recipe by FYI by Tina at https://fyibytina.com/easter-chick-cookies/