Easter Cookies Bunnies

Easter biscuits Bunnies are one of the most popular types of pastries on the festive table in honor of Bright Sunday of Christ in many Western countries. According to legend, these animals accompanied Eostra - the pagan goddess of the morning dawn and fertility. And later the miracle bunny was sung in a fairy tale for children: there this eared "magician" carried chocolate eggs and hid them in a burrow on the eve of Easter. Well, in the morning, the kids, who, of course, behaved well, found these gifts in the garden and thanked the animal. Since then, for Easter, many Western countries have been preparing Bunnies cookies - delicious and very cute.

Ingredients

• egg yolks - 2 pcs.
• egg white - 1 pc.
• sugar - 125 g
• dried cherries or raisins - 75 g
• zest of 1 orange
• butter - 60 g
• flour - 200 g
• ground cinnamon - 1 tsp

Directions

1. Prepare Easter Bunny Cookie Dough. To do this, beat the butter with sugar until a light yellow mass is obtained. While whisking, add the yolks.
2. Add chopped orange zest to the resulting yolk mass, mix thoroughly with a culinary spatula. You can also add some freshly squeezed orange juice.
3. Wash the cherries for Easter cookies thoroughly with hot water. Cut each berry in half and add to the previously prepared mixture. Stir well with a spatula.
4. Sift the flour for the Easter cookie dough through a fine sieve into a large bowl. Add ground cinnamon. To stir thoroughly. Add to the previously prepared mass.
5. Knead into a uniform elastic Easter cookie dough. It should acquire a smooth, uniform consistency. Leave the dough for 30 minutes under the plastic wrap at room temperature.
6. On a floured surface, roll out the dough into a layer 0.5 cm thick. Using the culinary grooves, cut out bunnies from the dough. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C. Grease a baking sheet with oil. Place cookies on a baking sheet, brush with protein. Bake for 15 minutes, until golden brown.