Aren’t these sweet Easter basket cookies? The best part is that they weren’t hard to decorate– at all!! I am a beginner when it comes to icing techniques for decorating cookies & cakes with buttercream icing. This basket weave pattern is created with careful attention to the order and placement of each row of icing. Practice the pattern on a piece of bread first. It’s much easier to grab a piece of bread instead of baking up a batch of cupcakes for icing practice. You’ll get the hang of the basket weave in no time, then you’re ready for these Easter basket cookies.
Use any cookie dough recipe you like. Refrigerated store-bought cookie dough is the shortcut taken here. The cookies baked in 12 minutes, cooled and I was ready to try my hand at icing them. Note that the dough expanded A LOT in the oven. No worries, simply press the egg cookie cutter into the baked cookies as soon as they come out of the oven to give your egg shape new life.
Icing tips make this project special and provide that basket texture look. These are the two icing tips I used came in a pack together— the basket weave tip (number 47 for Wilton) and the grass (or hair) icing tip (number 233 for Wilton).
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Step by Step:
Pipe with a disposable icing bag and make one horizontal line of icing. Space out vertical lines across the width of your basket.
Continue to the next row by adding another solid horizontal line of icing at the base of your vertical lines. Fill in the gaps by placing vertical bars of icing that overlap your horizontal line.
Continue to the bottom of your basket. Create a basket handle with a line of icing around the top.
Add some “grass” with green icing using the grass tip. Squeeze the icing such that a small bit builds under the tip then pull upwards to create the pieces of grass. Dab dots of icing on some jellybeans and add them as the eggs to your Easter basket.
Tools Used to Create these Easter Basket Cookies:
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Do you love decorating cookies as much as I do? Try your hand at using royal icing to make these designs:
Easter Basket Cookies originally posted in March 2012; updated in March 2018.
Hi Holly!
I’m a fellow Easter Egg Hunter with you over at It’s Overflowing. Such a cute series 🙂
Love how darling these cookies are too. New follower. Have a lovely day!
Kelly
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I love it and it is easier than I would have thought!
That’s great! So glad you tried it and had success! Thanks for your comment.
Super cute! I can’t wait to include them in my Easter sweets roundup on Monday!
Fantastic! Looking forward to seeing your Easter treats!
Looks super cute.. thanks for sharing !!
Super cute! Thanks for sharing it again, I would have missed it otherwise.
These are incredible Holly. And great step x step instructions. Pinning this one for the world to see.
These are delightful, such a cute idea and my son will love making them with me.
So sweet Holly! I love all cookies but I especially love them when I can also have them with jelly beans!