COOKIE CHICKS RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line large baking sheets with parchment paper and, using a 4-inch-egg-shaped cookie cutter, cut out egg shapes from sugar cookie dough; bake as directed. Once cool, make royal icing; set small amounts aside to tint blue and orange using gel food coloring. Transfer half of remaining white royal icing to a piping bag fitted with size 1.5 tip. Using a little water, loosen remaining royal icing to flood consistency and transfer to a piping bag fitted with size 2 tip. Outline each egg cookie, then fill in with flooding icing.  While still slightly wet, sprinkle each cookie with yellow nonpareils. Once dry, pipe on blue eyes and orange wings and hair and use remaining royal icing to glue on red heart-shaped-candy beaks.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
• Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.