Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Sweet Shapes Easter Cookie Cutter Giveaway


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One that I remember about the holidays is my aunt and her delicious decorated sugar cookies. I can remember how she would come around the house each year and bring a paper plate full of goodies. Mom of course was in charge of those delicious cookies and each of us would receive our share. They tasted as good as they looked and the memories of those cookies has stayed very sweet in my memories. Do you prepare any delicious goodies for those you love during the holidays? Perhaps you would like to make your own attempt at making Easter sugar cookies. An easy sugar cookie recipe to start out with is:

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

Now that you have the sugar cookie recipe try creating shapes. In fact why not get the kids into the fun by allowing them to help cut out sugar cookies. With clean hands little ones can have lots of fun with this experience. SweetShapes makes some lovely cookie cutters for Easter just take a look:

These cute grippys are perfect for Easter. With an Easter Egg, a butterfly (perfect for spring), bunny head (great for creating decorated bunny faces), flower cutter (perfect for spring)

You can purchase these cute cutters from SweetShapes

Win: 2 of Annies Home readers will each win the four piece set. What fun they will have creating Easter sugar cut out cookies.

To enter this giveaway it is very simple share with me a recipe that you use for Easter dessert.

Giveaway starts now and ends April 13, 2011 Good Luck Email must be in comment or on blog profile.

The post was created with thoughts of my own and no product was received for hosting the giveaway

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17 comments:

  1. 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

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  2. I made some Easter Nest Cookies last year that were pretty good:
    http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/easter-nest-cookies/bc3bbf3c-d16a-4799-bc1c-5eecd08f5cf0

    khmorgan_00 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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  3. 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 .
    tcogbill at live dot com

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  4. 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!
    http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/02/molten-lava-cakes/

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  5. Not really a dessert but I love to make jello easter jigglers.
    ykatrina at hotmail dot com

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  7. Hmmm I don't really have an Easter dessert yet but there are some great ideas here! Found you through Social parade :)

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  11. My 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!
    ohmiss14 at yahoo dot com

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  12. 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!
    katerwalker@yahoo.com

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  13. We make a carrot Cake and then frost it with premade frosting.

    Unsalted 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.

    danellejohns at gmail dot com

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  14. i make a fruit salad with all the berries in season and homemade cinnamon sugar pita crisps. simple but healthy.

    kolpin4680 at gmail dot com

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  15. 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.

    kayshem@hotmail.com

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  16. I love Pretzel Jello :)
    * 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.

    bettimoe@gmail.com

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