Easter Eggs

How to Make Your Own Easter Egg Dye

Mix 1/2 cup boiling water, 30 to 40 drops of food coloring, and 1 teaspoon of white vinegar. Let the dye cool completely before dipping eggs. You can use crayons to write and draw lines or stripes on the eggs before dipping.

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Christmas Baking

GOLDEN ALMOND COOKIES

• 6 hard boiled egg yolks, mashed.
• 3/4  pound softened butter (3 sticks)
• 3/4  cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
• 2 1/2 cups flour (sifted)
• 1/2 cup ground almond meal (if not available increase regular flour to 3 cups)

Cream butter, adding sugar gradually. Add egg yolks and almond flavoring. Add flour and almond meal slowly, mixing well, but DO NOT OVERKNEAD.

Using a cookie shooter, press dough about 2 inches across onto a silicon or parchment-lined baking sheet. Press an almond, small chocolate morsel or 1/2 a maraschino cherry in the center of each one. Bake at 400 degrees until the edges are JUST brown, 10-12 minutes. Any more than that, and they are overbaked. Makes six dozen cookies

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Chocolate Ginger Cookies

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Chocolate Ginger Cookies Makes 48 Cut-out Cookies 3 cups flour 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 2/3 cup shortening 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1/2 cup dark corn syrup 1/4 cup milk 1 egg white 1 tablespoon water In a med. mixing bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, ginger, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and cloves.In a large mixing bowl beat shortening with an electric mixer on med. speed for 30 sec. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. add whole egg, corn syrup and milk; beat well. beat in flour mixture, stirring in last part with a wooden spoon until well mixed. Divide dough in half. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until easy to handle.On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of the dough 1/8″ thick. Cut with 3-4″ cookie cutters. Place on a greased cookie sheet. Combine the egg white and water; brush on cookie cutouts. Bake 375 degrees for 5-7 min. or until lightly puffed and set. Cool thoroughly on a wire rack. Pipe on decorator icing. http://www.recipelink.com/gm/31/2612

Snowballs

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Eskimo Snowballs

Ingredients:

• 1 cup – Butter or Margarine (softened)
• 4 tbsp – Water
• 1 tsp – Vanilla Extract
• 6 tbsp – Cocoa Powder
• 1 ½ cup – Granulated Sugar
• 4 cups – Quick-Cooking Oats
• Powdered Sugar
• Flaked Coconut
• Chopped Nuts

Method:

• Cream butter with water and vanilla.
• Add sugar, cocoa, and oatmeal, mix well.
• Roll into 1″ balls.
• Add more water if necessary to make the dough stick together.
• Divide the balls in half.
• Roll half the balls in confectioners’ sugar and coconut, then roll the other half in the chopped nuts.
• Refrigerate until serving.
• This is a no-bake recipe.