Easter Nest Cookies. Photo courtesy of Pillsbury.com

Easter is coming fast! Are you ready? Here is a quick dessert recipe that is both delicious and easy to make!

If you do make this recipe, please take a picture and share it with us! We’d love to see your creations! :) You can even add your pictures to our Facebook or Flickr pages. Have fun and Happy Easter!

INGREDIENTS

- 1 package (16 oz) Pillsbury® Ready To Bake!® sugar cookies
- 1 container (12 oz) fluffy white frosting
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- Food color
- Jelly beans

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 350° F. Bake cookies as directed on package. Cool completely.

2.Frost cookies. Add coconut to a 1-quart resealable food-storage plastic bag. Add 2 to 3 drops favorite food color, shaking bag to blend color. It may be necessary to add 1 to 2 teaspoons water to help disperse the color evenly or additional food color until desired color is reached. Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon coconut on each cookie.

3.Top with jelly beans or candy coated chocolate peanut candy.

Don’t be intimidated by this dessert’s fanciful appearance. Roll cakes may look elaborate, but if you follow the instructions and roll up the hot cake as soon as it is removed from the oven, the dessert will construct perfectly and slice into beautiful pinwheels when served. Store in the refrigerator and serve at all of your holiday dinner parties this season!

Ingredients

 3/4 c all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1/4 tsp salt

3 eggs

1 c granulated sugar

2/3 c LIBBY’S® 100% Pure Pumpkin

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1 c powdered sugar, sifted

6 tbsp butter or margarine, softened

1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan or deep cookie sheet; line with wax paper. Grease and flour paper. Sprinkle towel with powdered sugar.

2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt in small bowl. Beat eggs and sugar in large mixer bowl until thick. Beat in pumpkin. Stir in flour mixture. Spread evenly into prepared pan.

3. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched. Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel. Carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end. Cool on wire rack.

4. Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter and vanilla extract in small mixer bowl until smooth. Carefully unroll cake; remove towel. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake. Reroll cake. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, if desired.

1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies
1 cup fluffy white frosting (from 16 oz container)
Yellow gel food color
18 semisweet chocolate chips, cut in half
Yellow candy-coated licorice
Orange candy slices

DIRECTIONS

1.Heat oven to 350° F. Cut dough into 1/2-inch slices. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

2.Bake 10 to 12 minutes or unitl edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove to cooling rack. Cool completely.

3.In medium bowl, stir frosting and 2 to 3 drops gel food color until well blended. Frost cookies.

4.Decorate cookies using chocolate chip halves for eyes, yellow candy-coated licorice for feathers and pieces of orange candy slices for beak and feet.

photo and recipe courtesy of Pillsbury.com

photo courtesy of Pillsbury.com

INGREDIENTS

Cupcakes
1 box (1 lb 2.25 oz) yellow or devil’s food cake mix with pudding
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

Frosting and Decorations
2 1/2 cups shredded coconut
Yellow liquid food color
1 container (1 lb) vanilla frosting
48 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
24 small orange gumdrops

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Divide batter among muffin cups. Bake 17 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

2. Place coconut in resealable food-storage plastic bag. Add about 8 drops yellow liquid food color; seal bag and shake to mix. Frost cupcakes with white frosting. Top with yellow coconut. For eyes, add brown baking bits. Cut orange gumdrops to resemble beaks; place on cupcakes.

Recipe courtesy of Pillsbury.com

Rabbit Cookies. photo and recipe courtesy of Pillsbury.com

DESCRIPTION

No cookie cutters needed for these clever cookies! Just turn a few balls of Pillsbury® Create ‘n Bake™ cookie dough into tasty treats.

INGREDIENTS

1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies
1 cup fluffy white frosting
Decorating icing or gel
Assorted small candies or decors

DIRECTIONS

1.Heat oven to 350°F. Cut cookie dough into 16 slices; cut 8 of the slices in half down the center. To make 1 rabbit cookie, place 1 whole slice on ungreased cookie sheet for head; place
2 halves on top, slightly overlapping on whole slice, for ears. Repeat to make 7 more rabbit cookies, placing 2 inches apart.

2.Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

3.Frost cookies with frosting; decorate with icing and candies.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.

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Thank you, Pillsbury.com, for allowing us to re-publish this recipe!