Easter Egg Hunt Sugar Cookie Bars

Name: Easter Egg Hunt Sugar Cookie Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 C. Sugar; 1 C Butter (softened); 8 oz cream cheese (softened); 1 Egg; 1/2 t. almond extract; 1 t. vanilla; 1 t. baking powder; 1/2 t. baking soda; 2 1/2 c. Flour; 1/4 c. butter (softened); 2 oz. cream cheese (softened); 2 c. powdered sugar; 2-3 T Milk; 1/2 t. vanilla; Green food coloring; 2 c. shredded coconut; Green food coloring; Reese's Candy Eggs

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By: Julie Evink23 Comments

Posted: 03/26/14 Updated: 07/13/23

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Soft, Chewy Sugar Cookie Bars topped with Green Coconut “Grass” and Candy Easter Eggs! These Easter Egg Hung Sugar Cookie Bars are such a fun treat to make at Easter.

It’s always fun to treat new treats and dessert for the holidays that are festive and cute. That’s why these classic chewy sugar cookie bars turned into a themed Easter treat are so fun to eat and make.

Not only are these Easter Sugar Cookie bars delicious and easy to make these have so much flavor. That’s thanks to the almond extract in these soft bars.

You don’t need much, only a 1/2 teaspoon but the flavor is amazing!

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Ingredients Needed

White Granulated Sugar
Butter – Will need to be softened to mix into the dough.
Cream Cheese – Gives these sugar cookie bars their rich taste.
Egg – Leave out to bring to room temperature to easily mix it into the batter.
Extracts – You will need both almond and vanilla extract to give these bars their flavor. If you don’t like almond extract you can change it to all vanilla extract.
Baking powder
Baking soda
All-purpose Flour
Powdered sugar
Milk
Food coloring – You will need green food coloring for the frosting and grass. We like to use gel food coloring because it gives you the best, vibrant color.
Coconut – We used a sweetened shredded coconut to make the grass.
Candy Eggs – These are shown with Reese’s Candy eggs, but use any candy egg you like. Cadbury Mini Eggs would be delicious too!

How to Make Easter Sugar Cookie Bars

Mix Sugar Cookie Bars Dough – In a large mixing bowl beat the butter, cream cheese, sugar and egg until nice and frothy. This will take about 4 min. Add vanilla and almond extract. Beat about 1 min. Add flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Beat about 2 min. It will be light and fluffy.

Make Sugar Cookie Bars – Press dough into greased 10 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in. jelly roll pan.

Bake – Place pan in preheated oven at 350 Fahrenheit degrees for about 20-25 minutes. Cool completely.

Prepare Frosting – For the frosting combine butter and cream cheese. Beat about 2 min until light and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and food coloring. Mix 1-2 min until smooth. Smooth over bars.

Decorate – In a bowl mix together the coconut and green food coloring. Sprinkle over bars. Top with candy eggs

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Easter Egg Hunt Sugar Cookie Bars ~ Soft, Chewy Sugar Cookie Bars topped with Green Coconut “Grass” and Candy Easter Eggs!

Cover bars and store, at room temperature for up to three days.

To freeze bars don’t frosting and freeze the bar only up for up to three months. Thaw frozen bars in the refrigerator overnight. Then frost and serve.

More Sweet Treats!

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Cute and easy Easter Cupcakes start with a homemade vanilla cupcake that’s topped with a homemade Swiss Meringue Buttercream frosting.

Meet Julie Evink

I'm here to help you win in the kitchen again! Life is Busy, Life is Crazy, but that doesn't mean you can't make your family dinner! Julie's goal is to provide you with easy, family, friendly recipes that use pantry staples. Dinnertime will be stress free again!