Easter baking

[heidih]

I am a Christmas baker and have no tradition for Easter. I do a basket every year for a love bug employee who lost his mom and he always got a basket from her (Minnesota background). I do a small pot of rye seed sprouted so it looks like lush thick  grass. I will go to Cost Plus World Market and get items but the baking baffles me. Ideas? This is the empty basket I found in garage that I can use. . 

[Darienne]

Not baking...but some folks like those filled chocolate eggs.  

[IowaDee]

Why do I associate hot cross buns with Easter?  Eons ago I used to make mini cinnamon rolls and arrange them to look like a lamb.  When they rose and baked, they looked a little like a wooley critter.  Or at least the kids thought so!  You could make oval sugar cookies and decorate them like Easter Eggs.  

[heidih]

My boy is an Ironman participant so he will probably share rather than eat. Hot Cross I can do and have before. I think perhaps items that can last a couple days and he can share with his staff. I have found the buns better fresh - snuck just after icing

[pastrygirl]

cut-out cookies in the usual shapes - eggs, rabbits, chicks, lambs

 

russian tea cakes aka mexican wedding cakes aka those little round cookies coated in powdered sugar - round and white, that's egg-like, right? 

 

little coconut macaroon 'nests' with a couple of jelly beans glued on with white chocolate

 

chocolate truffles rolled in white or colorful sprinkles - or leave them brown and call them bunny droppings

 

lemon bars just because they're yellow and go with pastels

 

pastel-tinted meringue kisses

Edited February 23, 2020 by pastrygirl (log)

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Easy for a non-baker, what about mixed brownies, chocolate and blondies?     During the wildfires in the country, husband and I took batch after batch down to the R&R camp for the firefighters.    They were ecstatic with them.    They keep several days easily.  

 

Another easy knockout are Chocolate globs .

[heidih]

@pastrygirl Excellent ideas. I used to do the walnut crescents rolled in powdered sugar (that was kept in a cannister with a vanilla bean) - a more round shape makes sense for the holiday. Plus his boys are in  a warehouse with concrete floor - just brush their hands off and dogs will  lick up the mess. Yes like Google  - dogs come to work. 

[heidih]

ooohhh tinted meringue - we used to do those. As long as no moisture around they keep well. And then all those extra yolks go in the lemon curd tarts! They brought me juicy lemons from the desert.

[kayb]

I've done the coconut macaroons with jellybean eggs. Easy and good.