Sparkling Chicks

Total Time: 29 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon whipping cream
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• yellow food coloring
• yellow sugar
• 1 (4 1/3 ounce) package yellow frosting
• 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
• candy sprinkles, heart decors

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, sift flour and baking powder; set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 beat in egg, whipping cream and vanilla extract until well combined.
• 4 stir in flour mixture into butter mixture until a stiff dough forms.
• 5 knead in yellow food coloring until blended.
• 6 wrap dough in waxed paper and chill for 2 hours.
• 7 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 8 roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
• 9 draw a chick and use it as a template, cut out shapes.
• 10 place shapes on ungreased baking sheets.
• 11 using a small spoon, sprinkle cutouts with yellow sugar.
• 12 bake cookies until set, 7-9 minutes.
• 13 place baking sheets on wire racks; cool slightly.
• 14 transfer cookies to racks; cool completely.
• 15 using yellow frosting fitted with a small writing tip, pipe outlines on cookies; pipe on wings.
• 16 place candy heart decors on beaks.
• 17 place melted chocolate in a resealable plastic bag; snip off 1 corner.
• 18 pipe on eyes.
• 19 enjoy!
• 20 happy easter!