These egg-shaped chocolate chip cookies
can be festively decorated with colored frosting for a sweet
Easter treat.
Egg-Ceptional
Easter Cookies
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 (12-ounce) package NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Morsels, divided use
1 container or more prepared vanilla frosting
2 or more food coloring choices
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Combine flour, baking
powder and salt in a small bowl. Beat sugar, butter and vanilla
extract in a large mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in egg. Gradually
beat in flour mixture. Stir in 1 cup morsels. Press enough dough
into greased and floured tablespoon to make slightly rounded.
Invert onto ungreased baking sheets. Continue with remaining
dough.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes
or just until golden around edges. Cool on baking sheets for
2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
To Color Frosting: Stir
food coloring into small amounts of frosting until desired color.
For deep colored frosting, use paste colors available in cake
decorating shops.
To Pipe Frosting: Use
pastry bag fitted with small, plain or fluted tip, heavy-duty
plastic bag with tiny corner snipped off or plastic squeeze bottle
with small tip.
To Decorate Cookies: Frost
tops with white or colored frosting. Decorate as desired with
remaining morsels, piped frosting and colored sugars.
Makes 24 cookies.
Recipe and photograph are
the property of Nestlé® and Meals.com, used with permission.
