Sunday, April 13, 2014

Bunnies and Chickies!

Happy Easter! I know I'm a week early but it's a week of celebrating Easter with my family and friends! The celebration starts today at mom's with Easter dinner. I'm bringing all sorts of treats, I was a busy, busy in the kitchen yesterday. I made sugar cookies, Jello jiggler eggs, Grandma Eva's mashed potatoes and this morning I got up at five and made dinner rolls. The house smells so good! So today I have some Easter fun to share....


Sugar Cookies

2/3 cups shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 tsp almond extract
3/4 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
4 tsp milk

Beat shortening and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add egg; beat. Add vanilla and almond extract. Mix thoroughly. Stir flour, baking powder and salt and milk into sugar-shortening mixture. Chill dough 1 hour. Roll out and cut out cookies. Bake at 375 degrees on greased baking sheet 8-10 minutes. When cool, frost and decorate with your favorite frosting.

I made a batch of baby chicks....

and a batch of bunnies... I cut mini marshmallows
in half to make the ears.

Doesn't it look festive! A plate of sweets paired up with my chickiemug rug.

I spent yesterday decorating the house too. I couldn't decide how I wanted to use my bunny mug rug, with a bunny dish...

...or paired with an egg holder and some chocolate carrots.(The pattern is available as a PDF on Etsy and Craftsy)

My sis, Gena, passed this plate to me at our Chili Cook off filled with
Scotch a roo's...

I'm passing it on to one of my sisters filled with Easter treats.
I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. On Thrusday I get to join a group of friends and see 'Godspell' and then celebrate Easter again on Saturday with my husband's side. I'm planning on making more chickie and bunny cookies.

Happy Easter!

7 comments:

  1. Your cookies look so yummy and that plate to bake it forward is a great idea! Happy early Easter to you!

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  2. Well done. It looks like you have a week of hopping fun. Enjoy your cookies

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  3. Hi!!! Fun!!! Fun!!! They are almost to cute to eat!!!!! No!!!!

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  4. Das Gebäck ist gut gelungen und sieht lecker aus. Die Familie wird sich freuen !
    Ich wünsche frohe Ostern.und sende herzliche Grüße
    aus Köln
    Marianne

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  5. love your sugar cookies! what a great idea! love the plate idea too. thanks for sharing....

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  6. What a great idea - a Bake-It-Forward plate. All those cookies look yummy. Happy Easter to you too, Cindy.

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  7. Those cookies are so cute, really nice idea for when the grandkids gets older.

    Debbie

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