Easter Surprise Cookies

Step 1

In your stand mixer (you can also use a hand mixer for this) add in the butter and sugar, and mix till it's smooth and creamy in texture.

Step 2

To this mixture add in the egg and vanilla extract and mix till the egg is fully incorporated into the mixture.

Step 3

Now add the salt into the flour and mix well. Add this to the butter-egg batter in batches and mix till the dough comes together.

Step 4

Make three equal portions of the dough and keep one portion of the dough in the refrigerator until we proceed to the next step.

Step 5

Divide the remaining two portions into 3 equal portions each, you should now have 6 equal portions.

Step 6

Color each dough portion with the colors listed above.

Step 7

Refrigerate the colored dough for at least half an hour.

Step 8

Between two parchment papers, roll out each colored dough in the form of a rectangle. Place each rolled colored dough on top of the other, brushing egg white in between the layers.

Step 9

The height of the stacked layers should not exceed the diameter of your cookie cutter. For example, if your cookie cutter has a diameter of 6 cm, then the height of each rolled dough should approximately be 1 cm.

Step 10

Refrigerate the stacked dough layers for at least an hour and then start slicing them vertically. You should be able to see beautiful uniform layers of colors after slicing. Now using your egg cookie cutter, cut out the cookies.

Step 11

Stack the cutout cookies while brushing egg white between them to form a colored easter egg cookie roll. Refrigerate the roll for half an hour.

Step 12

Meanwhile, take out the uncolored portion of the dough which we had kept in the refrigerator initially and roll it out into a uniform sheet. Use it to cover the stacked cookie roll forming a cylinder.

Step 13

Apply egg white all over the cylinder-shaped dough and roll it in the bed rainbow nonpareils, making sure to cover it well. Slice the dough for baking. Refrigerate till your oven is getting preheated.

Step 14

Preheat the oven to 320 F / 160 C and bake for 18- 20 min. Let them cool on the pan for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 15

Enjoy Easter with these colorful cookies!