Easy Holiday Recipes

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Easter Bunny Cookies

Ingredients:
3½ c flour
1/4 c margarine
½ cup dark molasses
1½ ts cinnamon
1½ ts baking soda
½ c brown sugar
1/4 c water
1/4 ts cloves
1 ts ginger
½ ts salt

Method: First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix together the margarine and sugar until the mixture becomes creamy, then beat in the molasses. Add the dry ingredients to the margarine and sugar mixture in three parts alternating with the water, till the dough becomes stiff. Roll the dough to any thickness you like, directly onto a nonstick cookie sheet; then cut the dough with a cookie cutter. Bake for 8 minutes.

Chocolate Bunny Bread

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3 ¼ -3¾ cups all-purpose flour
2/3cup Sugar
1/3cup Unsweetened coca powder
2 pk Rapid rise yeast
¾ ts Salt
2/3 cup Milk
¼ cup Water
¼ cup Butter/margarine
1 Egg
1 tb Pure vanilla extract
1/3cup Milk chocolate or peanut butter morsels

Decorations (optional) are Jelly beans, icing

In large bowl, combine 1 cup flour, sugar, cocoa powder, undissolved yeast and salt. Heat milk, water and butter until very warm (120-130 degrees). Gradually add to dry ingredients; beat 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally. Add egg, vanilla and ½ cup flour, beat 2 minutes at high speed, scraping bowl occasionally. With spoon, stir in enough additional flour to make soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 4-6 minutes. Cover, let rest on floured surface 10 minutes. Divide dough in half. For body, knead chocolate morsels into 1 half, form into ball. Place on bottom end of large greased baking sheet; flatten to make 5-inch round. For head, remove 1/3 of remaining half, form into ball. Place on large baking sheet above body, flatten slightly, pinching to attach. For nose, pinch off ½ inch ball from remaining dough; place on center of head. Divide remaining dough into 4 equal portions, roll each to form 6-inch rope. For arms, arrange 2 ropes across body; attach by tucking one end of each under body. Shape remaining ropes into ears; arrange above head. Attach by tucking one end of each under head. Cover, let rise in warm draft-free place until doubled in size, about 30-45 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until done, covering aluminum foil after 20 minutes to prevent excess browning. Remove from sheet; cool on wire rack. Decorate as desired.

Easter Ham Pie

2 (9-inch) pastry crusts
8 ounces thinly sliced ham
5 ounces frozen spinach, thawed
3 eggs (at room temperature)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
15 ounces ricotta cheese
1 small red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon chopped basil leaves
Lemon pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line pie pan with 1 crust. Sauté peppers and ham in olive oil for 3 minutes and season with pepper. Whisk 2 eggs and ricotta in large bowl. Spread mixture into pie crust. On paper towels, pat spinach dry - then scatter on top of mixture. Sprinkle peppers and ham over spinach and top with mozzarella then basil leaves. Cover with second pie crust and trim edges. Cut vents in top of crust and brush top with 1 beaten egg. Bake 50-60 minutes, or until golden brown. Let set about 15 minutes before serving.

Easter Fun

Q: How do bunnies stay healthy?
A: Eggercise

Q: Why did the Easter egg hide?
A: He was a little chicken!

If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you?