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JerseyKrissi72 -> Easter Recipies (4/2/2007 7:02:45 AM)
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Share some of your favorite Easter recipies. I want to be real creative this year, thanks.
**Easter Bird Nest Cookies**
Chocolate, coconut and jellybeans make for great Easter cookies and bird nests
They look like bird nests and with jelly beans inside, the kids will get a kick out of these Easter treats. One recipe will make more than 30 nests so this could feed a whole flock of guests. This is a tweet sweet you will want to use over and over again.
Ingredients
- 4 cups sweetened flake coconut
- 3 to 4 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
- 4 ounces (about 1/2 cup) mini jelly beans
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine, at room temperature
- 1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
Directions:
Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in small bowl.
Beat together butter, cream cheese and brown sugar in large bowl until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes.
Beat in egg yolk and coconut extract.
On low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture in 3 batches until well blended.
Stir in 3 cups of the coconut.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap; chill 1 hour until firm enough to handle.
Spread remaining coconut on waxed paper.
Heat oven to 350 degreesUsing level tablespoon, shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in remaining coconut.
Place on ungreased baking sheet, spacing about 2 inches apart.
Bake at 350 degrees in oven 10 to 15 minutes or until firm to touch.
Cool on baking sheet or wire rack for 1 minute.
Then press indentation into center of each cookie, using back of 1/2-teaspoon measuring spoon.
Spoon about 1/4 teaspoon mini chocolate chips into each indentation.
Top with 3 jellybeans to mimic eggs in the bird's nest.
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