Easter Baking

Hello everyone and welcome aboard, it's going to be a crazy ride. Well actually maybe not. BAM and I are housebound due to the weather, we've gone from snow and ice, to pouring rain and I figured now was as good a time as any to make my first post on this blog. 

I spent most of the end of last week also stuck in the house due to weather and before I could go too crazy, I decided to do some baking. It's something I love and always turn to when I'm bored, or pissed off, so I thought I'd share a couple of my favourite recipes from this Easter. 

Although these are technically, but not really Easter treats, you can definitely make them anytime, for any reason...alright, let's go.

Chocolate Dipped Cookie Dough Eggs 

I know right the name alone is enough, at least it was for me, and I'm sure anybody who loves chocolate and cookie dough as much as me. 

But for this recipe you will need...

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

2/3 cup Flour

1/4 cup Chocolate Chips

4 Tablespoons softened Butter (margarine works too!)

2 Tablespoons Milk

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

1/4 Teaspoon Vanilla 

1 1/2 cups Melting Chocolate  (I used more chocolate chips and it worked just fine) 

1. Line tray with parchment or wax paper and set aside 

2. Heat flour for about 2 minutes, or until an internal temperature of 160 degrees is reached

3. Mix together Butter, Brown Sugar, Vanilla, and Salt 

4. Add in Milk, and gradually add in Flour

5. Stir in Chocolate Chips

6. Form into eggs, and freeze for at least thirty minutes. (really you can make any shape you want here) 

7. Melt chocolate until smooth, (either in the microwave in thirty second intervals, or over a pot of boiling water on the stove) I used the pot on the stove 

8. Using a fork, dip each egg into the chocolate, shake to remove excess chocolate

9. Place on prepared tray and refrigerate until set

10. ENJOY!

Mini Egg Cookies

These are super soft and buttery and just all around delicious. I get in trouble if I don't make this for Easter dinner.
To make these you will need...

2 1/4 cups Flour

1 teaspoon Baking Soda

1 teaspoon Salt 

1 cup Butter (or margarine)

3/4 cup White Sugar

3/4 cup Brown Sugar

2 tsp Vanilla 

2 Eggs

1 1/2 cups Mini Eggs

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees 

2. Combine flour, salt, and baking soda in one bowl and set aside

3. In a large bowl combine both sugars, vanilla and butter

4. Add eggs one at a time, mixing between each egg

5. Beat in dry ingredients (dough should be soft) 

6. Chop Mini eggs in half (be careful here, as mini eggs come in a tiny suit of armor and are not the easiest to chop in half) and mix into dough 

7. Drop by tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet

8. Bake for 9-10 minutes

9. Let cool and ENJOY!

Well that's it for me today, I'll be back with more, could be more recipes, but could also just be incoherent rambling, really the possibilities are endless right now.

Until next time
xoxo