Holiday Planning & Ideas Easter Easter Recipes Easter Desserts Our Favorite Easter Cookies That Celebrate Spring Add these festive cookies to your Easter table and baskets. By Victoria Spencer Victoria Spencer Victoria Spencer is an experienced food editor, writer, and recipe developer. She manages the Martha Stewart recipe archive and is always curious about new ingredients and the best techniques. She has been working in food media for over 20 years. Editorial Guidelines Updated on November 8, 2024 Close Photo: Chelsea Cavanaugh As the holiday coincides with the arrival of spring, some of our Easter cookie recipes play on classic spring flavors like lemon and carrot cake, as well as Easter-inspired shapes, like bunnies or eggs. Add them to your Easter baskets or serve them as a sweet ending to your holiday brunch or dinner. 32 Easter Dinner Ideas for a Memorable Spring Feast 01 of 11 French Meringue Cookies Mike Krautter Inspired by the gorgeous displays of meringues in the patisserie windows of Paris in the spring, Martha developed the recipe for these elegant crisp-chewy treats. They're naturally gluten-free and colored in soft shades that mirror their flavors: chocolate, raspberry, and orange. View Recipe 02 of 11 Martha's Easter Sugar Cookies Marcus Nilsson For Easter, Martha makes cookies shaped like eggs, chicks, and bunnies, all frosted with royal icing using her favorite streamlined decorating technique. View Recipe 03 of 11 Watercolor Easter Bunny Cookies Bryan Gardner As fun to make as they are delicious, these rabbit and carrot-shaped sugar cookies are frosted with royal icing and painted with a bright mixture of luster dust and water. Make it a family activity—like dyeing Easter eggs—by letting your kids help decorate. View Recipe 04 of 11 Lemon Bars With Brown-Butter Shortbread Crust Lemon bars are a classic that delights year-round, but we think they're especially well suited to Easter. This sublime version contrasts the tart yet creamy lemon topping with a brown-butter shortbread crust. View Recipe 05 of 11 Easter Chick Cookies Chelsea Cavanaugh Lemon shortbread cookies become adorable chicks and eggs with the help of sanding sugar, sprinkles, mini chocolate chips, and candy. View Recipe 06 of 11 Embellished Wreath Cookies Mike Krautter Take classic sugar cookies to special-occasion status with a simple glaze and a stunning combination of candied flowers, crystallized ginger, and chopped pistachios. View Recipe 07 of 11 Carrot-Cake Thumbprint Cookies Marcus Nilsson The flavors of classic carrot cake are combined into a convenient handheld package. Use cream cheese or go with goat cheese for a touch of sophistication in the thumbprint center. View Recipe 08 of 11 Pastel Butter Cookies Anson Smart These gorgeously-hued treats are almond shortbread cookies finished with tinted powdered sugar. It's made by blending equal parts of fruit with confectioner sugar in a food processor. View Recipe 09 of 11 Lemon Madeleines Victor Schraeger These tangy delights have a citrus aroma that will pleasantly fill your kitchen. Serve them as a light dessert with fresh fruit or on their own at teatime. View Recipe 10 of 11 Lemon-Ginger Cookies With Mint Marcus Nilsson Crystallized ginger gives a sweet heat to these lemon sugar cookies while fresh mint imparts a cool zing. View Recipe 11 of 11 Lemon Icebox Cookies Tart lemon cookies make an easy and satisfying treat, and they're easy to fit into your Easter preparations. You can make the dough and store it in the freezer up to a month ahead of time. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit