NUTELLa RABBIT HOLE COOKIES

Submitted by shazzieau

"Delicious cookies decorated for easter or just make them plain and eat them all year round."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 8mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 18

ingredients

• 1 cup nutella
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1⁄3 cup sugar

• ICING

• 3 tablespoons nutella
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1 cup green sprinkles
• 250 g white fondant
• 3 -4 drops pink food coloring

directions

1. preheat oven to 180 Celsius lightly grease a doughnut baking tray. or 2 if you have them.
2. in a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together until well combined.
3. using a teaspoon, press 2 slightly heaped teaspoons of mix into each doughnut well, making sure you make the doughnut shape and don't cover the centre.
4. cook for 8 minutes. cool then tip out onto a wire rack. if sticking, lightly bang the tin (upside down) to remove.
5. repeat with the rest of the mix.
6. cool completely then ice.

7. ICING:

8. mix the nutella and icing sugar together with enough milk to make a spreadable paste. spread over the cookies then sprinkle heavily with the green sprinkles.
9. attach the feet, tails and ears. (dab a little icing onto the fondant to attach).

10. BUNNY FEET AND EARS:

11. using the white fondant, roll out and cut some bunny shaped feet. (I got a pic. off google.) cut out some ears. roll a couple of larger balls as a tail.
12. colour a bit of white fondant with some pink good colour, roll out and cut out smaller ear pieces. lastly roll some pink balls for the rabbit feet pads.
13. to attach the pieces together, mix 2 tablespoons of sugar with 1 tablespoon of hot water, mix then microwave for 20 seconds to dissolve. cool.
14. use a brush to use the sugar water like glue to stick the pieces together.