Look, my little sugar cookie chicks are hatching. I happen to think they’re pretty darn cute.  I liked these so much that I ended up making more than planned. You can see the entire extended family below.  They posed for a family photo. I’m back on a sugar cookie roll these days, and one of the best tips I have learned is to make two batches of dough at a time and freeze one batch. It makes the next round of cookies much easier, and if you run out of dough, but not inspiration you can pull that second batch out to thaw. For these little chickadees, I used orange chocolate covered sunflower seeds for the beaks and gently pushed mini chips into the cookies (pointy side down) for the eyes.

After all the chickadees hatched, the boy and I had fun making mini marbled eggs. They look impressive, but really are a cinch to design. It just takes a couple swipes with a toothpick to achieve the look. He watched me make a couple and then jumped right in to help.

                                                                                                                                                 Marian of Sweetopia guest posted this week at Bakeat350 and shared a great tutorial on this marbling technique. While you’re there, check out Bridget’s beautiful eggs. As soon as I saw them I was bummed that I had used all of my cookie dough. I love how she combined the marbled design and polka dots all in one ~ cuteness times two! Why didn’t I think of that? Hmmm… thinking more cookie dough is in my near future.

Mary Jane over at Baker’s Banter (another one of my favorites) posted a tutorial on the same technique a few weeks ago. Her spring cookies are gorgeous too. Take a peek for more inspiration. 

Okay, I’m off to wrap up these cookies in cellophane bags for a few of my favorite chickadees! More sugar cookies to share tomorrow.