Holiday Planning & Ideas Easter Easter Recipes Easter Desserts 18 Easter Cookies That Are Perfect for Your Holiday Brunch or Baskets By Martha Stewart Editors Martha Stewart Editors An article attributed to "Martha Stewart Editors" indicates when several writers and editors have contributed to an article over the years. These collaborations allow us to provide you with the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive information available.The Martha Stewart team aims to teach and inspire readers daily with tested-until-perfected recipes, creative DIY projects, and elevated home and entertaining ideas. They are experts in their fields who research, create, and test the best ways to help readers design the life they want. The joy is in the doing. Editorial Guidelines Updated on March 3, 2023 Trending Videos Photo: Chelsea Cavanaugh There are bunnies, chicks, and eggs galore in our collection of Easter cookies—and you'll find pastel colors and easy cookies that kids can help make or decorate here, too. As the holiday coincides with the arrival of spring, some of our Easter cookie recipes play on classic spring flavors like lemon and carrot cake. Add them to your Easter baskets or serve them as a sweet ending to your holiday brunch or dinner. 01 of 18 French Meringue Cookies Mike Krautter Inspired by the gorgeous displays of meringues in the patisserie windows of Paris in the spring, Martha developed the recipe for these elegant crisp-chewy treats. They're naturally gluten-free and colored in soft shades that mirror their flavors: chocolate, raspberry, and orange. View Recipe 02 of 18 Martha's Easter Sugar Cookies Marcus Nilsson For Easter, Martha makes cookies shaped like eggs, chicks, and bunnies, all frosted with royal icing using her favorite streamlined decorating technique. View Recipe 03 of 18 Watercolor Easter Bunny Cookies Bryan Gardner As fun to make as they are delicious, these rabbit and carrot-shaped sugar cookies are frosted with royal icing and painted with a bright mixture of luster dust and water. Make it a family activity—like dyeing Easter eggs—by letting your kids help decorate. View Recipe 04 of 18 Lemon Bars with Brown-Butter Shortbread Crust Lemon bars are a classic that delights year round, but we think they're especially well suited to Easter. This sublime version contrasts the tart yet creamy lemon topping with a brown-butter shortbread crust. View Recipe 05 of 18 Easter Chick Cookies Chelsea Cavanaugh Lemon shortbread cookies become adorable chicks and eggs with the help of sanding sugar, sprinkles, mini chocolate chips, and candy. View Recipe 06 of 18 Embellished Wreath Cookies Mike Krautter Take classic sugar cookies to special-occasion status with a simple glaze and stunning combination of candied flowers, crystallized ginger, and chopped pistachios. View Recipe 07 of 18 Flower Sugar Cookie Burca Avsar Use pink food coloring and kitchen shears to give sugar cookies blush-hued "petals" and finish with round candies for the centers. View Recipe 08 of 18 Bunny Cookies Aaron Dyer Impress guests of all ages with these bite-size rabbit-shaped cookies. No special tools needed—just kitchen shears and a toothpick for a quick snip and poke. View Recipe 09 of 18 Carrot-Cake Thumbprint Cookies Marcus Nilsson The flavors of classic carrot cake are combined into a convenient handheld package. Use cream cheese or go with goat cheese for a touch of sophistication in the thumbprint center. View Recipe 10 of 18 Pastel Butter Cookies Anson Smart These gorgeously-hued treats are almond shortbread cookies finished with tinted powdered sugar. It's made by blending equal parts fruit with confectioners sugar in a food processor. View Recipe 11 of 18 Lemon Madeleines Victor Schraeger These tangy delights have a citrus aroma that will pleasantly fill your kitchen. Serve them as a light dessert with fresh fruit or on their own at teatime. View Recipe 12 of 18 Painted Egg Cookies Gentl and Hyers Egg-shaped sugar cookies get a vibrant coat of color when they're brushed with a highly pigmented yolk wash. View Recipe 13 of 18 Little Lamb Cookies Tara Donne Mary had a little lamb whose icing was as white as snow (or pink, if you prefer) and glittery, too, thanks to a sprinkling of sanding sugar. View Recipe 14 of 18 Sugar Cookie Bunnies Mikkel Vang Bring the Easter Bunny to the table with these rabbit-shaped sweets. Everyone will love the classic cookie, and you'll love the simple recipe. View Recipe 15 of 18 Lemon-Ginger Cookies with Mint Marcus Nilsson Crystallized ginger gives a sweet heat to these lemon sugar cookies while fresh mint imparts a cool zing. View Recipe 16 of 18 Spring Flower Sugar Cookies Johnny Miller Spring plants don't grow any sweeter than these flower-and-mushroom-shaped sugar cookies that are baked atop wooden skewers. Plant them in an Easter basket or in a tabletop bed of wheatgrass. View Recipe 17 of 18 Lemon Icebox Cookies Tart lemon cookies make an easy and satisfying treat, and they're easy to fit into your Easter preparations. You can make the dough and store it in the freezer up to a month ahead of time. View Recipe 18 of 18 Bird's Nest Cookies Rich ganache is piped over thin chocolate cookies and sprinkled with coconut to mimic the appearance of bird's nests. Top with two or three miniature chocolate eggs to complete the illusion. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit