…..for your thighs!
Wondering what to do with the leftover Easter Candy? Wait, do you have leftover Easter Chocolate because we did not. So I did what any good chocoholic in the Suburbs does; I went to the Bulk Barn and stocked up on mini eggs! Why? Simply so I could re-create the best, most dangerous shortbread cookie ever. I shared this recipe years ago, and today, I will post again because I flat out refuse to be the only Mama putting on the pounds this Easter. (and I am an enabler)
Here is my tried and true recipe for the Dangerous Mini Shortbread Cookie
You will need:
Ingredients:
1 cup of flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup of icing sugar
3/4 cup of butter (softened)
200g. bag Mini Eggs or about one to one and half cups (broken into small pieces), you can use a Ziploc bag and a hammer (or an old fashioned ice cream scoop!)
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees.
*Sift together flour, cornstarch, and icing sugar.
*Mix butter with the dry ingredients, until combined and a dough is formed. Don’t panic! It takes a little bit of elbow grease!
*Stir in Mini Eggs pieces.
*Roll into small balls and place onto lightly greased cookie sheet. (dough will almost keep it’s shape)
*Slightly flatten balls with your fingers and bake in oven for 15-20 min. (I usually stick with the 17 min or until the bottoms are just golden)
*Let cool on wire rack.
Enjoy!
(and please don’t hate me for introducing you to your new addiction, just share with a friend!)
these look dangerously yummy and tempting 😉 hehehe. I think I know what I’m gonna try to make
wow – these do look dangerous!!! and I love this recipe! I doubt there are still mini eggs hanging around, but I’m going to take a look and find a decent substitute if I have to, these are a must!
Looks like a yummy treat for the summer!
OMG … These could be very be dangerous is right lol , thanks for sharing
Yummy, but agree dangerous!
This sounds amazing, we made pancakes with mini eggs easter morning and they were pretty dangerous too!
These look delicious!! Definitely going to give them a try! 🙂
Yum!!! I’m out of flour or I’d be making these with the bags of mini eggs we still have:) I’ll have to save this for a later date!
These look SO good!! I just picked up a bunch of these eggs on clearance and this is a great way to use them up!
Oh these look yummalicious! My daughter still has some of the eggs left I should see if she’s up for some baking with them! Thank you.
Yep saw this floating around FB and Pinterest and walked away, but then last night I had to bake Shortbreads for a Heritage project. No mini eggs were used!
Oh yum! Cookies are my weakness.
Oh thank you for sharing, I have a bag of them eggs here and was just thinking what I could do with them other than just eating them, I am going to make your cookies and I have a feeling I’m not going to share..lol
Oh my they look so good and what a great combination. Good thing we are out of mini eggs or I would be baking this afternoon! But I am definitely going to save the recipe!
They sound and look delicious!!!