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Easy Easter Cookies Made 3 Different Ways – Plain, Rolled in Pastel Sugar Crystals, and Topped with Cadbury Mini Eggs – all from a package of Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix (affiliate link).
Most of the time I prefer to bake cookies from scratch.
But when time is short, a package of Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix (affiliate link) is the next best thing.
I like the Betty Crocker pouches much better than the rolls of refrigerated cookie dough. The cookies taste more like homemade to me, probably because you add your own real butter and egg.
So I always keep a package or two in the pantry for when a cookie craving strikes, like the other day when I wanted to fill the cookie jar with an assortment of easy Easter cookies.
One package of mix makes 36 sugar cookies, so I decided to make 12 each of 3 different kinds. I started by making 12 plain sugar cookies, since Rod loves them…
I rolled the next 12 in pink and purple sugar…
And the last 12 easy Easter cookies I topped with a couple of Cadbury Mini Eggs…
Recipe Notes
I added 1/4-teaspoon cinnamon to the mix along with the butter and egg, but it’s totally optional. A little lemon zest would be nice too.
How Many Calories and WW Points in Easter Sugar Cookies?
According to my calculations, each plain or sugar coated cookie has about 80 calories.
To see your personalized WW Points, track this recipe in WW App!
(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.)
3 SmartPoints (Green plan)
3 SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 SmartPoints (Purple plan)
2 PointsPlus (Old plan)
According to my calculations, each Cadbury Mini Egg topped cookie has about 111 calories.
5 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
5 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
5 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
3 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Homemade cookies (of a normal size) rarely have more than 3 or 4 Points values, making them an excellent way to satisfy a sweet craving while easily staying within your daily Points allowance.
It’s another of the many reasons I love cookies so much. Enjoy!
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Easy Easter Cookies 3 Ways Using Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix
Equipment
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 1 package (17-1/2 ounces) Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- Cadbury Mini Eggs (optional)
Instructions
- Position an oven rack in the center of your oven and heat the oven to 375F degrees.
- Pull out 2 or 3 cookie sheets and set them aside.
- Mix the cookie dough according to the directions on the package using softened (not melted) butter. It’s really pretty easy. Just dump the mix into a bowl. Add the softened butter and an egg and stir with a wooden spoon (affiliate link) until combined.
- For Plain Sugar Cookies: Place tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart on cool ungreased cookie sheets.
- For Sugar-Topped Cookies: Toll the dough into 1-inch balls and then roll them in colored sugar crystals and place them 2 inches apart on the cool ungreased cookie sheets.
- For Cadbury Mini Egg Topped Cookies: Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place them 2 inches apart on cool ungreased cookied sheets. Top each cookie with 2 Cadbury Mini Eggs.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until the cookies are light golden brown around the edges.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the cookie sheets for a minute or two before transferring the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Repeat with remaining cookie dough, being sure that the cookie sheets have cooled before placing more dough on them. (I sometimes rinse the backs of the cookie sheets under cold water to speed up the process.)
Notes
(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet. Old WW Points: 2 PointsPlus 3 SmartPoints (Green plan) 3 SmartPoints (Blue plan) 3 SmartPoints (Purple plan) Serving size: 1 sugar cookie with 2 Cadbury mini eggs WW Points: 6 Check the WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app.
(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet. Old WW Points: 3 PointsPlus 5 SmartPoints (Green plan) 5 SmartPoints (Blue plan) 5 SmartPoints (Purple plan)
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
