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Easter Bunny Breads Recipe
Serves: 8
Keywords: Holidays, recipe, recipes, Easter Bunny Breads Recipe
Ingredients
2
pk
Yeast, quick rise
½
c
Sugar
1 ½
ts
Salt
4 ½
c
Flour
6
tb
Margarine
2
x
Eggs, lg
8
x
Kisses, milk chocolate
1
tb
Sugar, confectioners'
Directions
- About 2 hours before serving or early in the day.
- In bowl, combine yeast, sugar, salt, and 1 cup flour.
- In saucepan over medium heat, heat margarine and 1 cup water until very warm (125 degrees).
- With mixer at low speed, beat liquid into dry ingredients.
- At medium speed, beat 2 minutes.
- Reserve 1 egg white; beat in egg and egg yolk with 1 cup flour; beat 2 minutes.
- Stir in 2 1/4 cups flour.
- Turn dough onto floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes, working in about 1/4 cup flour while kneading.
- Shape dough into ball; cover and let rest 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Grease 2 cookie sheets.
- Cut dough into eighths.
- For 1 bunny; cut 1 piece dough in half; shape half into ball, with a kiss in center, for body.
- Place on cookie sheet.
- Cut other half in half; shape half into ball; brush with egg white; place next to large ball, tucking slightly under it for head.
- From remaining half, pinch off 3/4-indh piece for tail and shape 2 ears.
- Brush tail and ears with egg white; tuck slightly under bunny.
- Brush body with egg white.
- Make 3 more bunnies.
- Bake 15 minutes or until browned.
- Cool on rack.
- Repeat to make 4 more.
- Mix confectioners' sugar with about 1/4 teaspoon water and a hint of red food coloring (for pink); use to draw face on bunnies.
- If you like, tie bows around bunnies' necks.