Easter Treats
Just in case you need some suggestions for your last minute preparations for the weekend. Here are Lori’s Mom’s Easter Nests.
- 1½ c sugar
- 5 T cocoa
- ½ c milk
- ½ c margarine
- 3 c of quick oats
- 1 c coconut (I use the unsweetened one… otherwise these are a little too sweet for my liking)
- 1 t vanilla
- ¼ t salt
- Combine sugar and cocoa in a saucepan.
- Add milk slowly. Stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
- Bring to a boil, add margarine and oats stirring briskly. Cook for 1 – 3 minutes stirring constantly. (3 minutes was the magic number for me — no more or it gets a little hard)
- Remove from heat. Add coconut, vanilla and salt.
- Let the mixture cool a bit at room temperature so that you can handle it to make the nests (about 10 – 15 minutes).
- Using a spoon, scoop a ball of the mixture onto wax paper. Press in the middle to form a nest. Add 2 or 3 mini eggs.
- Refrigerate. These also freeze well!
These are Sister #3’s Easter cupcakes.
She uses a cake mix (white cake with pastel colour confetti sprinkles inside) and a butter cream (1/2 c butter, 1/2 c shortening, whipped with 4 c icing sugar and two T milk) and adds lots of sprinkles and treats.
If you are looking for a fun twist to an Easter Egg hunt, think about including Two Hens and a Rooster from the World Vision Canada Gift Catalogue at worldvision.ca/gifts. This will provide a family with nutritious eggs and income. What a great moment to teach your kids about helping others. Simply donate the gift online and print the e-card (or select the card to be mailed to you) and hide it with the chocolate the Easter Bunny leaves (he won’t mind, promise).
Kath’s quote: “Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.” Clarence W. Hall
Love-that is all.
