As the little ones don their spring finery and await Peter Cottontail's arrival, these special cookies are sure to become the golden egg of your gathering. Just three essentials--a simple sugar cookie dough, wooden craft sticks, and edible decorations--are all you need to create these fun-to-eat favors. You can make them a few days in advance and store in a cool, dry place.

It's best to serve these cookies in the milder seasons; a hot Southern summer may cause them to melt and fall apart. Let this versatile recipe inspire fun treats for any cooler-weather occasion.

Fluttering Butterflies
We gave our butterflies a liftoff by attaching fluttering wings. You can choose to keep it simple with a flat shape, or try our technique for a three-dimensional design.

• Purchase any size butterfly cookie cutter.
• Prepare dough as directed, and cut out an even number of butterfly shapes. Insert craft sticks as directed into half of butterfly shapes, and set aside.
• Cut remaining half of shapes vertically down the middle with a knife, creating 2 identical wings.
• Bake whole butterflies and wings as directed, and cool. Decorate all cookies; let stand 1 hour.
• Attach a right and left wing with Easy Microwave Frosting to center of each whole butterfly, propping each wing at an angle with a ball of aluminum foil to create a fluttering effect. Dip pretzel sticks in Easy Microwave Frosting and attach at the top to form antennae. Let cookies dry completely, and remove foil.