Guest Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 any ideas for easter cooking activities? we always seem to do the chocolate nests with eggs and feel like a change! Just wondering what you all have planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 We're making peppermint creams (yuk!) cos I found some cute but small easter cutters in a cheapy shop! We're also going to make simple flower arrangements - been saving lids from jars for ages which we cram onto a block of oasis so they are nice and full, then chop off the excess. One block does about 10 lids. Plenty of greenery from our gardens and a few bunches of daffs, a bit of ribbon and hey presto. The children love doing them. They use a pencil to make the holes for the daffs cos their stems are a bit too delicate but the rest they can cram straight into the oasis. Goes down well with the mums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 thanks for those. I love the flower idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Silly me! Flowers aren't cooking are they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 nope but i think i'm going to use the flower idea nest week too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 You may already know this, but you can make an egg -shaped biscuit cutter very easily by pressing the cap of a [clean] can into an oval shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 We used to make Easter biscuits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Easter Biscuits Makes about 30 Traditionally made Easter currant cookies. Why not try replacing the currants and spices with 3oz of chocolate chips? Ingredients: 12oz (350g) plain flour pinch salt 1 tsp. mixed spice 6oz (150g) butter 4oz (100g) caster sugar 3oz (75g) currants 1 lemon, finely grated rind 1 egg beaten 1 tbsp. milk Method Sift flour, salt and spice into a bowl Rub in butter, add sugar, currants and lemon rind Beat egg and milk, add to make a pliable dough Roll out just under a quarter inch (5mm) thick Cut out biscuits using a 3inch(75cm) fluted cutter and transfer to lightly greased baking sheets Use scraps to make more biscuits Bake at 375F, Gas Mark 5, 190C for 10-12 minutes Cool on a wire rack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Be careful with daffs - did you know they are poisonous and shouldn't really be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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