2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks
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my easter recipe is cherries jubilee. I mix cherry pie filliing, a pkg of cream cheese, crumbled graham crackers and coolwhip and mix. I garnish the top with cherries i kept back
ReplyDeleteI made some Easter Nest Cookies last year that were pretty good:
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i like to make cupcakes- decorate it with coconut (use green food coloring and dye it green for the grass) and put jelly beans on top .
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We don't really have a set Easter dessert, my family is not big on desserts... (except for me :-)) But I love this cake from our best bites...Mmm... I love chocolate!
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Not really a dessert but I love to make jello easter jigglers.
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ReplyDeleteMy mom always made a Jello Cake and now I do, too. You can find the recipe here (it's my brother's favorite dessert - EVER!) http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,196,152169-224206,00.html The dream WHip icing just makes it even better!
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We always make Lime jello with Cream cheese mixed in it. So yummy and have been making this for Easter since I was little...now I make it with my kids!
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We make a carrot Cake and then frost it with premade frosting.
ReplyDeleteUnsalted butter, for the pan
12 ounces, approximately 2 1/2 cups, all-purpose flour, plus extra for pan
12 ounces grated carrots, medium grate, approximately 6 medium
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
6 ounces plain yogurt
6 ounces vegetable oil
Butter and flour a 9-inch round and 3-inch deep cake pan. Line the bottom with parchment
paper. Set aside.
Put the carrots into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt in the bowl of a food
processor and process for 5 seconds. Add this mixture to the carrots and toss until they well coated with flour.
With the processor still running drizzle in the vegetable oil. Pour this mixture into the
carrot mixture and stir until just combined.
Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake on the middle rack of the oven for 45 minutes. Reduce the heat to 325 degrees F and bake for
another 20 minutes or until the cake reaches 205 to 210 degrees F in the center.
Remove the pan from the oven and allow cake to cool 15 minutes in the pan. After 15
minutes, turn the cake out onto a rack and allow cake to cool completely. Frost after cake has cooled completely.
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i make a fruit salad with all the berries in season and homemade cinnamon sugar pita crisps. simple but healthy.
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I like to make cupcakes. Any recipes will do. Ice them as normal. Then I take coconut and dye it different colors. You can stick w/ green for grass since that is what it is supposed to look like. Then you top w/ a bunny or egg on a toothpick. Kids love them.
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I love Pretzel Jello :)
ReplyDelete* 1 1/2 cups crushed pretzels
* 4 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
* 3/4 cup butter, melted
* 1 cup white sugar
* 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
* 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
* 1 (6 ounce) package strawberry flavored gelatin
* 2 cups boiling water
* 1 (16 ounce) package frozen strawberries
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Mix together the pretzels, 4 1/2 tablespoons sugar and melted butter. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. Bake for 10 minutes, or until lightly toasted. Set aside to cool completely.
2. In a medium bowl, beat the sugar and cream cheese until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread evenly over the cooled crust. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
3. In a medium bowl, stir together the gelatin mix and boiling water. Mix in frozen strawberries, and stir until thawed. Pour over cream cheese mixture in pan. Refrigerate until completely chilled, at least 1 hour.
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