BUNNY SUGAR COOKIES RECIPES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour and salt in a bowl. Beat butter, cream cheese, and granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in whole egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture until combined.  Flatten dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill 1 hour or up to 1 week. Heat oven to 325°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. On a floured work surface, roll dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut cookies with a 3 1/2-inch bunny-shaped cookie cutter. Combine scraps, re-roll, and cut one more batch of cookies.  Bake until golden around edges, 11 to 12 minutes. Cool on pan for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.  Make royal icing: Whisk together confectioners’ sugar, egg white, and water in a bowl until thick and smooth. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a #4 tip or a ziptop plastic bag with a small hole cut in the corner. Pipe the outline on half of the cookies; let dry a few minutes. Flood center of cookie with royal icing. Use a toothpick to drag icing and fill in any holes. Set aside to dry completely.  Scoop teaspoons of the reserved cake frosting onto the unflooded cookies to create tails. Sprinkle with coconut. Place a dollop of reserved frosting on the back of each cookie and press onto sides of cake.

Steps:

• For the dough: Combine egg, butter and salt. Knead in sugar, flour and almonds. Shape dough into a flat rectangle. Wrap with plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
• Put dough on a floured surface and roll out to about ½ cm (approximately 1/6 inch) thick. Cut out 4 large rabbits. 
• Place rabbits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in an oven preheated to 180°C (approximately 350°F) for 10 -12 minutes. Remove and let cool on a wire rack.
• Stir together 3 tablespoons powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon water until smooth. Dye with food coloring. Use to decorate rabbit, as desired. 
• Knead marzipan with powdered sugar. Dye with a few drops of food coloring. Thinly roll out marzipan and cut out 4 equal rectangles. Press onto rabbits to form skirts. 
• Coarsely chop chocolate and melt over a double boiler. Pour melted chocolate into a piping bag and use to draw rabbit faces. Decorate with sprinkles, let set and serve.