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How to make a Easter basket cookie

by Louise 29 Comments

Easter basket cookie

The Easter bunny is out early, with a little Easter treat to all of you πŸ™‚
So here is a tutorial on how you can make a sweet basket cookie for Easter. I have decorated my basket cookie with rolled fondant and decorated it with mini eggs and quick mini daffodil flowers. You could also just “fill” it with flowers if you dont want the eggs.

The basket cookie would also be perfect as a small Easter favor or you could use it as a place card for your Easter dinner. My baskets cookie have a small hole for the ribbon, but of course it is up to you, how you want to present your Easter baskets cookie.

This is what I use:
Basket shaped sugar cookies (make the hole with a round cutter or a knitting needle when the cookie is still warm but be careful not to get burned)
Basket cookie cutter (Coppergifts)
Basketweave embosser (Patchwork Cutters)
Rolled fondant icing (white, yellow and in the colors you want for the eggs)
Sugarcraft gun with medium round disc
Mini egg shaped cookie cutter (1/2″)
Green royal icing
Piping bag + plastic coupler
Leaf tip medium & round tip #2 (PME Sugarcraft)
Petunia flower cutter small
Small plastic palette
Rolling pin
Small paint brush
Corn starch duster
Clear corn syrup
Water or tylo glue

Step 1:
Roll out the white fondant thinly. Dust it with corn starch and emboss the fondant with the basket weave embosser. You can remove any excess corn starch with a soft brush.

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Step 2:
Use the basket cookie cutter and cut out the basket shape. With a knife cut away the β€œhandle” part and glue the basket piece on the cookie with corn syrup.

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Step 3:
Load the sugarcraft gun with white fondant and make two 4″ strings. Twist the two strings together to make the handle. Again use corn syrup as glue. If you dont have a sugarcraft gun you can make the strings by hand.

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Step 4:
Roll out the fondant for the eggs and cut out three eggs with the mini egg cookie cutter. Glue the eggs with corn syrup.

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Step 5:
Fill a piping bag with soft green icing using #2 tip and pipe some green grass in the basket.

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Step 6:
Pipe green vines and leaves. Place two daffodil flowers like shown on the photo. Let the royal icing dry before adding the ribbon to the cookie.

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TIP!
If you like you can stop after step 5 for a more simple basket cookie decoration.

How to make the quick daffodil flower:
If you let the flowers dry for 1-2 days you will not need to use gum paste or ad tylo powder.
Roll out the yellow paste and cut out the small flowers with the petunia cutter. Place the flowers in the plastic palette. Roll at tiny ball and glue it in the middle of the flowers. Take a thin paint brush or a small modelling tool and make an indention in the ball. Let the flowers dry.

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Learn to create more delicious Easter treats here

Happy Easter & Happy Caking

Louise

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Comments

  1. Dkelley

    May 11, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    what reciepe did you use for the cookies. My receipe is not holding it’s shaped when baked. email me at

    Reply
    • Anonymous

      May 18, 2011 at 3:39 PM

      I use this one: https://cakejournal.com/archives/vanilla-sugar-cookies

      Reply
  2. lydia

    September 17, 2010 at 10:47 PM

    hi louise, i am such a fan and would love to make cakes just like yours. how do you make your amazing icing flowers??? hope you can help

    Reply
  3. carla

    August 7, 2010 at 6:05 PM

    louise thanks for your instructions.these are so cute.

    Reply
  4. Louise

    February 27, 2010 at 11:03 PM

    Vilma Pena: i found mine from a local store, but you can easily make your own. Take a 1″ circle metal cutter. Shape it into a egg shape. Its very easy to do.

    Reply
  5. Vilma Pena

    February 21, 2010 at 2:48 PM

    Hi Louise:
    where can I find the mini egg cutter as I can only find 1 inch the smaller. hope you can help.
    thanks

    Reply
  6. Mimi

    April 8, 2009 at 7:51 PM

    Thanks for letting me know, Louise

    Reply
  7. becky

    April 7, 2009 at 2:47 AM

    I want to eat them because they look sooooooo yummy….but I don’t want to eat them because they are too beautiful! Your work is an inspiration.

    Reply
  8. MyDiwa

    April 7, 2009 at 12:59 AM

    These are so cute!

    Reply
  9. jen

    April 5, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    Sooooo cute and great instructions. Thanks Louise!

    Reply
  10. Louise

    April 5, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    Mimi: its the size 7/8″

    Reply
  11. Mimi

    April 5, 2009 at 6:33 AM

    What size petunia cutter did you use? I found 7/8″ – 1 1/4″ – or 1 1/2″…

    Reply
  12. mareza

    April 5, 2009 at 1:53 AM

    your cookies are really pretty… if you are still blogging when i retire i will
    try all your stuff… for now i’ll just drool….

    Reply
  13. Louise

    April 5, 2009 at 1:34 AM

    Brenda: The sugarcraft gun is worth spending money on. I only recomend for every one to get one.

    Geri: Well I hope that with this one and the one that you saw, you will make a unique one πŸ™‚

    apparentlyjessy: Me too πŸ˜‰

    StineHelene: Du kan fΓ₯ mini Γ¦g udstikkere fra bla. cakes cookies & crafts. Men du kan ogsΓ₯ blot bruge/ofre en lille rund cirkel udstikker, som du former som et Γ¦g. En nem og hurtig lΓΈsning πŸ˜‰

    snooky doodle: Thank you

    ButterYum: Thank you, it is always nice to get feedback.

    VickyMacd: Thank you

    Joan E: Im sure they will be beautiful

    Jessica: Thank you πŸ˜€

    Ladybug Luggage: Happy Easter to you too πŸ™‚

    fabelicious: Thank you. I love when you can use a flower cutter for more than one thing πŸ™‚ I like it too.

    isabel: Thank you.

    Adrianne: Yes its from patchwork Cutters.

    marielba: Thank you and a happy Easter to you.

    Treehouse Chef: Same as me, thats why I try to include as many photos as possible.

    Reply
  14. Treehouse Chef

    April 4, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    These are beautiful cookies. What a gift!!!! Thank you for sharing! I am a photo kind of person. I do better if I can see it first.

    Reply
  15. marielba

    April 4, 2009 at 9:03 PM

    Hi Louise, that basket is so adorable, thanks for the tutorial, have a happy easter,
    Hugs from Venezuela

    Reply
  16. Adrianne

    April 4, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    Hello Louise.
    Loved the easter basket..really cute, sweet and pretty too!
    Is the basketweave embosser from Patchwork cutters?

    Thanks!

    Reply
  17. isabel

    April 4, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    I love your cookies designs, I love the details of the cookies.
    Very nice and neat work!.
    Isabel

    Reply
  18. fabelicious

    April 4, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    That is soo darn cute!! I especially love the daffodils and how easy you made it. Thanks for sharing this!

    Reply
  19. Ladybug Luggage

    April 4, 2009 at 2:35 PM

    May your Easter basket be overflowing with blessings! Thank you and HAPPY EASTER

    Reply
  20. Jessica

    April 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    Your treats are AMAZING!!!

    Reply
  21. Joan E.

    April 4, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    The tutorial was so helpful, thank you so much. Now, if mine could only turn out as good as yours.

    Reply
  22. Vickymacd

    April 4, 2009 at 12:44 PM

    These are so cute and when you break it down, it looks harder than it is.
    Thanks for showing how to make some really impressive cookies!

    Reply
  23. ButterYum

    April 4, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    ADORABLE! Thanks for the tutorial – you always give such nice step-by-step instructions… much appreciated!!!

    Reply
  24. snooky doodle

    April 4, 2009 at 12:10 PM

    so cute !!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  25. StineHelene

    April 4, 2009 at 10:05 AM

    Den er helt og aldeles fantastisk Louise!!

    Hvor kΓΈber man sΓ₯ smΓ₯ pΓ₯skeΓ¦gsudstikkere? Jeg har desvΓ¦rre kun kunne finde cookieudstikkeren fra Wilton og den er nok lidt overdimentioneret! Jeg har ΓΈnsket mig din bog i fΓΈdelsdagsgave!

    πŸ˜€

    Velsignet pΓ₯ske

    Reply
  26. apparentlyjessy

    April 4, 2009 at 2:53 AM

    Wow, these are very sweet! Gosh I love Easter! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  27. Geri

    April 4, 2009 at 1:14 AM

    Thank so very much for taking time to do this for us! I just saw a similar cookie and was going to spend my weekend trying to dissect it so I could duplicate it. Happy Easter!

    Reply
  28. Brenda

    April 4, 2009 at 1:09 AM

    Louise, thank you so much for the step by step instructions. They are adorable! I can’t wait to try them as well. I’ve been hearing some good things about the sugarcraft gun…do you use yours a lot? Thanks again!

    Reply

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