Easter Bunny Footprints

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Easter bunny footprints are a very easy Easter cookie your kids will love. With the emphasis squarely on EASY!

Bunny footprint cookies on a white bench top next to a small glass bottle of milk decorated with a picture of the easter bunny.

Why This Recipe Works

  • Two ingredient recipe
  • Easy to make
  • Cute and fun

Ingredients you will need

To make these bunny footprints you will need a sheet of sweet short pastry and chocolate.

The ingredients to make bunny footprint cookies laid out on a bench top with text overlay.

Ingredient Notes and Substitutes

  • Sweet short pastry: Of course if you prefer you can make these cookies from scratch, I have a simple sugar cookie recipe you could use.
  • Chocolate: You will need chocolate buttons and smaller chocolate drops.

I am an ambassador for Countdown supermarket, they support my blog by providing ingredients for recipe creation and testing. I chocolate buttons and chocolate drops from their range in this recipe.


Step by step instructions

Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my ** Recipe cookies, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.

Prep: If your short pastry is frozen, leave it to thaw on the benchtop. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Step one: Cut small oval shapes from the thawed pastry sheet. You can re-roll any of the off-cuts to be able to make as many cookies as possible.

A pastry sheet on a wooden shopping board, oval shapes have been cut out of the pastry.

Step two: Place the oval paws on a lined baking sheet.

oval shaped cookies on a lined baking sheet.

Step three: Place a chocolate button and 3 small chocolate drops on each paw to make bunny footprints. Bake for 6 minutes, you want the cookies to be just lightly golden.

Oval cookies decorated with chocolate buttons and drops to look like bunny footprints, ready to go into the oven.

Step four: Allow to cool.

Baked footprint cookies on a lined cookie sheet.

Enjoy!


A child's hand reaching for a cookie off a baking sheet full of footprint shaped cookies.

Top Tips

Here is how you can make these bunny footprints perfectly every time!

  • The secret to these Easter bunny footprint cookies is to not overcook them. If they go too golden they don't look quite as cute.
  • These cookies will store well in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Bunny footprint cookies in a glass cookie jar, colourful easter eggs in the background.

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Bunny footprint cookies on a white bench top with a bottle of milk and a straw.

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A hand holding a small oval cookie decorated with chocolate buttons and melts to look like a bunny footprint.

Bunny Footprints

Easter bunny footprints are a very easy Easter cookie your kids will love. With the emphasis squarely on EASY!
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Course: Baking
Cuisine: New Zealand
Keyword: bunny footprints, Easter bunny footprints, Easter cookies,
Servings: 34 cookies
Calories: 23kcal

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Equipment

  • Small oval cookie cutter

Ingredients

  • 1 sheet sweet short pastry
  • 34 chocolate buttons
  • 132 small chocolate drops

Instructions

  • Prep: If your short pastry is frozen, leave it to thaw on the bench top. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
  • Cut small oval shapes from the thawed pastry sheet. You can re-roll any of the off cuts to be able to make as many cookies as pssible.
  • Place the oval paws on a line baking sheet.
  • Place a chocolate button and 3 small chocolate drops on each paw to make bunny footprints.
  • Bake for 6 minutes
  • Allow to cool.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 23kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 1mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg

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