Here are some delicious recipes just for Easter
Bird's Nests
Ingredients
1 bag Reeses peanut butter chips (10 oz. )
1 TBSP. solid shortening (Crisco)
1 large can (5oz.) LaChoy thin chow mein noodles
1 bag pastel colored M&M peanut candy
Method
Melt entire bag of chips and 1 tbsp. of shortening slowly in microwave or in double boiler on stove top. If using microwave, heat full power in intervals of 30 seconds at a time and then less as chips begin to melt. You want the chips and shortening to be well blended and creamy and hot. DO NOT OVERCOOK!!!
Immediately pour the can of chow mien noodles into the peanut butter mixture and toss lightly to coat noodles. Avoid crunching noodles. Using a spatula can help. Do this quickly, making sure the noodles are evenly coated. Drop by spoonfuls onto WAX PAPER and gently form into the shape of a nest, leaving a hollowed area in the center in which you immediately place three M&M peanut candies for the "birds eggs".
Helps to have two people! Each batch makes approximately 14 nests.
I made these for my Kindergartners and teachers and everyone loved them! My sis found this recipe years ago and the Nests have become a family tradition! Let me know how you liked them! ENJOY!
Thanks to Nancy Remson for this tasty treat!
Bunny Cake
Ingredients:
Cake mix - baked to form two circular cakes
Frosting (either homemade or store bought)
Licorice for whiskers - M&Ms for decoration
Method
You have two circular cakes, as though each would normally be one layer of a birthday cake. One is the head. The other is used the make ears and a bow tie.
Cut the two ears out of either side of the circular cake, and then the center becomes a bow tie.
Assemble the pieces, put frosting on it, and decorate it, making a face on it, etc. We used white frosting for most of it, and pink frosting for the center of the ears. I think we used licorice for whiskers, and put M&Ms all over the bow tie.
Thanks for this great reminder from Jeffery Winkler
World's Best Chocolate Easter Eggs or Chocolate Bunnies
These delicious cream filled eggs or bunnies taste just like a very famous store bought one. They are easy to make and kids and adults love them.
Ingredients:
1 cup soft butter
2 tsp salt
4 tsp vanilla
1 can condensed milk (Eagle Brand)
10 cups icing sugar
1 tsp. yellow food coloring
1 lb. semisweet chocolate
Method:
Beat butter, salt and vanilla until fluffy. Add milk, beat in sugar. Blend until stiff. Dust with brown sugar. Knead til smooth.
Set aside more then 2/3 of mixture. To the remaining mixture add yellow food coloring. Blend in well. Divide yellow and white into 16 or 24 pieces. Shape yellow into ball, mould white around yellow to form an egg
shape or a bunny shape. Dry at room temperature on paper towels for 24 hours.
Melt chocolate in double boiler or in microwave until smooth. Dip eggs and
bunnies in chocolate. (paraffin wax may be added and melted with chocolate to prevent chocolate from melting in your hands). Once dipped cool at room temperature. Refrigerate after cool.
When sliced these eggs or bunnies will have a white cream filling with a yellow filling that appears to be the yolk. They look nice sitting in an Easter basket!!
Bird Nest Cupcakes
Your favorite cupcake mix
Your favorite frosting mix
Long strand coconut
jelly beans (pastel Easter colors)
Bake your cupcakes. When cool frost with white or chocolate frosting. Decorate with coconut around the outside circle of cupcake. Place colored jelly beans in
center. Coconut can be toasted if you prefer a brown nest!
Easter Cupcakes
Want to make a hit? For holiday, birthday or any occasion you can think of, make your favorite cupcakes and then...buy any design of stickers. Cover the sticky side with colored paper or just a white piece of a
page. Either cover the whole picture with Saran wrap and place directly on previously frosted cupcakes or make sure the picture has a pretty stiff back, glue or scotch tape a toothpick to the back of the picture and insert in the cupcake.
There are a multitude of stickers out there. Look around and have fun.
Syliva Garcia
Easter Bunny Cookies
I use Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough and my favorite cookie cutters. Bake according to directions. Let cool. Melt in a pot several
Hershey bars, dip the ears, tail and feet area in the melted chocolate. "Be Careful, the chocolate is VERY HOT!" Let the cookies lay on wax paper or a baking rack until cool. Enjoy.
by C. Manning
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