Easter Cookies

I used my basic sablé recipe to make this easter egg cookies, they are easy, and delicious.

INGREDIENTS

1-1/4 cups all purpose flour

pinch of salt
1/4 cup of sugar 

 1/2 finely ground almonds 

 1 Tbsp. vanilla or almond extract 
 1/3 cup butter,softened
2 egg yolks

 DECORATION 

 Mix powder sugar with a few drops of lemon juice, and 1 drop food coloring of whatever color you want to decorate with, soft colors would be fine in this case, yellow, orange, pink, green, purple and orange, your sugar icing is ready.

HOW TO

Stir flour, salt and sugar in medium size bowl

mix in almonds and vanilla or almond extract

 Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.

Add egg yolks and mix to form a soft dough.

Roll out dough on a floured surface, using a Easter egg cookie cutter

 ut out the figures

Place slightly apart

Refrigerate unbaked for 30 minutes

Preheat oven to 350F,

Bake for 15 to 20 min or until light brown.

Remove, when cool, decorate with a pipe and the colored sugar icing.

 Enjoy!

Grease several baking sheets with butter.