Stained Glass Easter Eggs Recipes

STAINED GLASS EASTER EGGS

Steps:

• Put the eggs in a pan , fill pan with water to cover.put 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar in water. Turn on heat under pan-set timer for 20 minutes.when time is up rinse eggs in cold water.drain and begin. Put 2 teaspoons of cider vinegar in each cup you are using. add choice of food color 1 to3 drops per cup. Add the very hot water...leaving room for egg.
• When eggs are still a little warm gently roll to crack shell but don't crush egg. place one prepared egg in each cup of colored water and leave to desired shade. After you do the 4 colors you can use the remain two eggs to double dip the egg -making each end different in color..Play around with the colors.
• When eggs have cooled carefully remove the colored shell and put on display at the breakfast table..keep uneaten eggs in refrigerator.Enjoy and have fun...Can make red and green for Christmas, to make deviled eggs they look fabulous.

EASTER EGG COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream powdered sugar and butter for cookies in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in lemon zest.
• Combine sifted flour with baking powder and salt. Sift again, then add to the butter mixture alternately with the milk, stirring after each addition until just combined. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• Remove cookie dough from the refrigerator. Lightly dust your hands with flour and roll 2 tablespoons dough between your palms into a 3-inch long cylinder with tapering ends. Place 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are a pale straw color, about 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately transfer cookies to wire racks. Allow to cool thoroughly, about 30 minutes.
• While the cookies are cooling, prepare icings. Combine powdered sugar, lemon juice, and warm water for lemon icing in one bowl, and combine powdered sugar, warm water, chocolate, and vanilla for chocolate icing in a second bowl. Stir both icings until smooth and thin enough to pour.
• Put waxed paper under the racks of cookies. Pour about 1 tablespoon lemon icing over a cookie, beginning in the center and continuing around the sides until cookie is evenly coated. Repeat to frost 1/2 of the cookies with lemon icing and the other 1/2 with chocolate icing. Scoop up an icing that drips on the waxed paper and stir into the remaining icing. Use extra icing as needed to coat cookies. Let icing dry until no longer sticky, about 30 minutes.
• Use tubes or pressurized cans of decorating icing to make your own fanciful design of flowers, geometric shapes, or Easter motifs.