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Egg salad filled carrot croissants


   
Have some creative fun in the kitchen by making these cute Crescent Roll Carrots. These are perfect for easter brunch. They are filled with egg salad and make a great snack.




You will need:
  • Can of Croissant Dough Sheet (I used danerolles)
  • Yellow and red liquid food coloring
  • Bunch of fresh parsley
  • Egg salad
  • Aluminium foil 

Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius. 

To get the dough in a carrot shape and also keep it hollow I used aluminium foil. Just fold it in the shape of a cone. Use layers and it should look a bit like this:


Unroll the Dough Sheet onto a cutting board.  Use a pizza cutter or a knife to cut the dough lengthwise into thin strips.


Gently wrap the dough strings around each foil cone. Be sure your dough does not hang over the open end of the cone, as it will make it difficult to remove once baked.


Squeeze some yellow food coloring into a small bowl.  Add one or two drops of red.  Stir to create orange.  Brush the orange food coloring all over each carrot shaped dough.  Set carrots on baking sheet. 


Bake for 10 minutes. Allow carrot croissants to cool for about 5 minutes. Carefully remove the foil cone by holding the carrot in one hand and using the other hand to twist the foil and gently pull it out.

Fill each Carrot with egg salad.  Press a few sprigs of parsley into the egg salad for a decorative effect.  Your carrots will keep in an airtight container for up to 2 days, but are best served the day they are baked.  Fill your carrots just before serving.

 HAPPY EASTER!


  

snowball cookies

Even though Christmas is over doesn't mean we should stop baking delicious treats. There hasn't been a snowflake in sight this year. That is until this morning! Such a pity that we didn't have a white Christmas. And it's such a laugh that just when Christmas ends the clouds decided to give in. That's why I wanted to pay tribute to the first snowflake of the year by baking snowball cookies!

Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 Tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped Pecans
  • 1 1/2 - 2 cups powdered sugar, for coating
 
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix butter on medium speed until creamy, about 20 seconds. Blend in 2/3 cup powdered sugar and salt. Mix in vanilla. Sprinkle cornstarch over mixture (just so it doesn't blend into one area) then with mixer set on low speed slowly add in flour and mix just until combine. Stir in Pecans. Scoop dough out 1 Tbsp at a time and roll into a ball, then place balls on Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheets and bake in preheated oven for 16 - 18 minutes, until bottom edges are lightly golden (these are a cookie that I think are best when they aren't moist in the center so I'd say don't under bake them. These actually are a cookie that are meant to be dry. Dry but a melt in your mouth kind of dry). Remove from oven and allow to cool several minutes then while cookies are still warm, pour 2 cups powdered sugar into a bowl and roll cookies in powdered sugar. Transfer to a wire rack to cool then once cookies are cool, roll in powdered sugar once more, this time to generously coat (I pressed it into the powdered sugar to give it a thick coating. Store cookies in an airtight container. ENJOY!

sources: cookingclassy