Bird Nest Cookies, this is a great recipe for Spring Cookies to share with family or any social gathering! I made these bird nest cookies for Easter and the family loved them.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter, shortening, sugars and vanilla. Mix until well blended. Add eggs in to batter one at a time, stirring throughly after each egg. Gradually add in flour, soda and salt, mix until well blended.
Scoop a teaspoon size of cookie dough and roll into a ball, place in greased mini muffin baking tray. Bake for 8 minutes, remove from oven. Use a tart shaper to push down the center of the cookie, to form a basket shape. I am the queen of kitchen gadgets( at least that is what my husband states) I can’t believe I don’t have a tart shaper, it is on my list to get, so i used the top of my apple core, it worker perfectly! Let the basket shaped cookies cool slightly and remove from baking tray. Place on wire rack and cool completely.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 “8” ounce cream cheese (softened)
1/4 cup butter (softened)
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
4 drops of green food coloring.
Cream together the cream cheese, butter and almond extract; mixing until well blended. Slowly stir in the powdered sugar, mix well. Add in a few drops of food coloring until you have the correct color constancy. Fill each cookie with cream cheese filling. If you do not own a pastry bag or an icing decorator, place dough into a ziplock baggies, and cut off a small corner of the baggies, this will serve as your pastry bag. Top each cookie with a whopper egg or peanut M & M’s.
This was such an easy to make cookie, which received rave reviews!
Cookie recipe adapted from Making Memories.
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Nancy @ Artsy Chicks Rule says
That was me…I’m not anonymous. 😉 Hit enter too quick! lol
Anonymous says
Oh DeDe these are so adorable. And they look really easy to make too. Perfect for a family get together!
Thanks so much for sharing them on Project Inspire{d} this week. 🙂
Nancy
Peggy-PJH Designs says
These look delicious and my grandchildren would love them along with my husband of course who has a terrible sweet tooth. Thanks so much for joining us at Transformed Tuesday.
Hugs,
Peggy~PJH Designs
Gardenchef's Needle and Pen says
I need to scout for that tart shaper then. Got you from the Busy Bees’ link up.
Jackie says
These are so creative! Thanks for linking up at Tried and True recipes at http://rediscovermom.blogspot.com/2013/04/tried-and-true-recipes-7.html
Cynthia L. says
I love these little cups of wonderfulness! I don’t think I have any Easter candy left, but I can always go out and buy a substitute!
Thank you for linking up to the In and Out of the Kitchen link party! I can’t wait to see what you bring next week.
Cynthia
Dawn ~ Spatulas On Parade says
So cute. Pinned and thanks for linking up at the party. Swap N Share Sundays over at Spatulas On Parade.
Dawn
Jocie@TheBetterHalf says
these are so cute – my girls would LOVE them!!!
Anonymous says
Looks awesome!
Carrie @ My Favorite Finds says
Yum! These look soooo good! Thanks for sharing at Pinworthy Projects.
Diana Rambles says
These are amazing!!
Julia says
Hi! You were the link before me at the Artsy Fartsy link party! This is such a cute project! Perfect for Easter and Spring-time! Thank you so much for sharing!
Cheers,
Julia
Barb says
I’d love to try these cookies, but the list of ingredients does not mention how many eggs to use. Directions say to add eggs one at a time, but no mention of how many. Please advise. Thanks.
Tracey@We-Made-That says
Oh those came out so cute and are a lot easier to make than I thought they would be. Clever idea to use the top of the apple corer (I don’t have the tart shaper either) Thanks for sharing on We Made That!
Crystal says
Yummy!! So cute and delicious!!