Think of Easter and what comes to mind? Baskets, yes. Egg hunts. To be sure. But for many both young and old it’s a chance to enjoy some fine treats. With Christmas two months past, even the thought is delicious.

Happily, there are dozens of easy-to-make treats that are just right for Easter. If you simply don’t have the time or inclination to prepare anything, not to worry. There are more than enough Easter treats available for purchase on the web to satisfy even the most devoted chocoholic.

- Easter Chocolate Crispy Treats

Ingredients:

40 small Butterfingers
6 cups toasted rice cereal
4 cups miniature marshmallows
3 tbsp butter

Preparation:

Buy a bag of small Nestle’s Butterfinger bars, about 40 will do. Chop up 20 of them into a bowl. Add about 6 cups of toasted rice cereal. Set it aside.

Now, melt 3 tablespoons of butter into a bowl and add in 4 cups of miniature marshmallows. Microwave the butter and marshmallows on high for a couple of minutes. Add the Butterfinger and cereal mixture, then stir it all up.

Pour the results into a 13 in x 9 in baking pan and let it cool until hardened. Crumble the rest of the Butterfingers across the top and then cut the pan contents into squares. Serve like fudge squares. Yum!

- Easter Bunny Cookies

Ingredients:

1 egg
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1 1/2 tsp cider vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

Sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt onto a large piece of waxed paper. Blend the egg with sugar and shortening until fluffy. Beat in the vinegar and molasses, then roll up the wax paper and stir in the flour mixture until it’s smooth.

Knead the resulting dough into a ball, then wrap and chill for a few hours. Once the dough has cooled long enough, you can preheat the oven to 375 F/190 C.

Roll out the dough onto a floured wooden surface until it’s about 1/8 inch thick. Then use a bunny-shaped cookie cutter to shape pieces to go into the oven. If you don’t have a cookie cutter handy, just trace the outline using a knife.

Bake for about 5 minutes and remove from the oven. Allow to cool before serving.

Shake off those Winter blues with some Easter treats!

Popularity: 96% [?]

Share This

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!