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#ad Everyone loves to indulge in these awesome Easter Jelly Bean Cookies during the Spring & Easter holidays! These delicious and adorable sugar cookies are topped with a simple buttercream frosting and BRACH’s jelly beans to make the cutest jelly bean flower cookies ever!

With this recipe, you can easily make a delicious treat for your family and friends this holiday season! Who’s ready to hop to it? Check out these Easy Easter Candy Nests and these 35 Festive Homemade Easter Treats!

Make Moments Sweeter With BRACH’s

“Make moments sweeter” this Easter with BRACH’S DESSERTS OF THE WORLD JELLY BEANS! No passport or spring break flights needed to enjoy the five new limited-edition, fun flavors @brachscandy – Chocolate Macaron, Strawberry Mochi, Churro, Apple Pie and Lemon Sorbet – inspired by sweet treats from around the world representing France, Japan, Spain, U.S. and Italy!

AND…We love the BRACH’S CLASSIC JELLY BEANS too! So we made cut-out sugar cookies and added BOTH kinds of BRACH’S jelly beans! How cute are these?

Cookies and Jelly beans! Two great things that taste great together! #dessertsoftheworld #BrachsJellyBeans

Other Ideas? Use these bags of candy to fill eggs in baskets and hunts! You can also use these festive jelly beans to add a twist to your Easter-themed cakes, cupcakes, fudges & chocolate bark. You can’t go wrong when you share these treats with your family, friends, and everyone you love to make everyone’s Easter celebration that much sweeter.

What Makes These Jelly Bean Cookies So Special

As a sugar-lover’s delight, these jelly bean sugar cookies will not only bring a burst of sugary goodness to your taste buds but also add a pop of bright color to any plate.

These buttery, sugar cookies are made from scratch and baked to perfection. Topped off with a creamy, buttercream frosting and jelly beans, these delicious cookies will be the talk of any gathering.

So, if you’re looking for a unique, attractive treat that is sure to please, look no further than these jelly bean sugar cookies. In this post, we’ll discuss the perfect baking techniques to create delicious jelly bean sugar cookies, as well as provide tips on how to make the smoothest buttercream frosting.

Get ready to indulge in some sweet, sugary goodness!

Ingredients You Need for Jelly Bean Cookies

Easter Jelly Bean Cookie Recipe

all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
baking powder
unsalted butter cold & cut into cubes, can also use salted butter, omit salt
granulated sugar
egg
salt
vanilla extract
almond extract

Easy Buttercream Frosting with Jelly Beans

unsalted butter, room temperature
powdered sugar
salt
vanilla extract
milk of choice or heavy cream
BRACH’S Desserts of the World Jelly Beans and or BRACH’S Classic Jelly Beans

How to Make Easter Jelly Bean Cookies

Easter Jelly Bean Cookies

Line baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside.
Whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder, set aside.
Using mixer, cream together the cold, cubed butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. Blend in the egg and both extracts. Gradually add the flour mixture and beat until just combined, scraping down the bowl, as needed, including the bottom.
The dough will be crumbly, so knead it together with your hands as you scoop it out of the bowl until it comes together.
Roll dough on a floured surface to about ⅓” to ⅜” thickness preferred and cut into shapes using a flower shaped cookie cutter or a round cookie cutter will work as well.
Place cut out cookies on the prepared baking sheets 2 inches apart and then transfer to the freezer for 10 minutes, while you preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until just barely golden on the bottoms, being careful to not over-bake.
Let sit for a few minutes on the sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.

Easy Buttercream Frosting

Using mixer, mix together the butter, ½ of the powdered sugar, vanilla, salt and ½ of the milk until mixed well. Add remaining powdered sugar and add more milk until you get the consistency you want for cookies.

How to Decorate Flower Cookies With Jelly Beans

To start decorating the cookies, use a spatula or knife to cover the cookies or add frosting to a pastry bag with a small or medium tip and pipe onto cookies.
Add jelly bean center with surrounding jelly beans for the petals. Easy!
Allow cookies to set about 3 hours or overnight before stacking.

Cookie Tips

Make sure your butter is cold and cut into cubes! This helps the cookie dough stay cold to hold their shape better.
Once you cut out your cookies with your round or flower cookie cutter, just flash-freeze the dough for 10 minutes in the freezer, then bake away! I’ve found if I put one tray of cut out cookies in the freezer, and put the other cookie sheet in the fridge for 15-20 minutes while I wait for the first batch to bake. By doing this, it keeps the cookies from spreading to hold their lovely bunny shape!
Make sure you measure your flour correctly. Fluff up the flour. Lightly spoon the flour into your dry-cup measurement, without packing it down. Scrape off the excess with a straight edge by using the handle of a spoon or knife.
Don’t over bake your cookies. Overbaking will make them brown colored and they won’t be soft and bakery style cookies!
Once the cookies are frosted, allow cookies to set about 3 hours or overnight before stacking.
Frosting can be homemade or you can use store-bought buttercream frosting for an easy shortcut!
If you don’t want to make cookies from scratch, again, use store-bought sugar cookie dough and bake accordingly.
To see a tutorial how of photos how to make the cookie dough, check out my Easter Egg Sugar Cookies! Even add jelly beans to those cookies for a fun idea!

Tips on Storing Your Easter Cookies

These cookies can be prepared ahead and served later by keeping them in an airtight container on the countertop for a few days.
We don’t recommend refrigerating the cookies because that can dry them out faster.

This jelly bean cookie recipe is a fun and festive snack that can be enjoyed by everyone. With their colorful appearance, they are a great addition to any occasion, plus we love tasting all the flavors of the jelly beans in the meantime!

Not only are they delicious, but they are also easy to make and can be customized to fit any theme. So go ahead, try your hand at baking these tasty treats – you won’t be disappointed!

Throughout the entire spring season, fans can purchase BRACH’S new Desserts of the World Jelly Beans for a limited time, alongside a delicious variety of BRACH’S Classic Jelly Beans at grocery stores, drug stores and mass-market retailers nationwide.

Now that you know how to make these fun and delicious jelly bean sugar cookies with buttercream frosting, why not give this jelly bean cookie recipe a try? Let us know in the comments below how your cookies turned out, and don’t forget to share your favorite ideas for decorating them! Let’s Hop to it!

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