Has anyone else lost track of time and realized Easter is a week away? For someone who prides themselves in their ability to be organized, I sure dropped the ball on this one. So, here's a few ideas to help you along.
Below is the Coconut Cream Cake that was such a hit at the bakery. It truly is special and perfect for Easter.
Breads
Breakfast Stromboli
Eggs, sausage, red peppers and cheese rolled up in a tasty bread ready to bake for breakfast or brunch.
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Cream Biscuits
The easiest biscuits make can be frozen baked or unbaked for a warm accompaniment to start the morning.
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Heavenly French Toast
Make the shortbread and compote days ahead and you almost ready for a breakfast or brunch treat you will long remember.
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Sweet Breads
My Easter Bread
Easter Bread is usually somewhat sweet filled with dried fruit of your choice and baked in a tall mold. This Easter Bread is easy to make and goes together quickly. It can be frozen but add the glaze when thawed.
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Best Cinnamon Crunch Rolls Recipe
These really are the Best Cinnamon Crunch Rolls Recipe. Why? Because I've added a Cinnamon Crunch topping (think Cinnamon Crunch Bagels) which takes this way over the top! Combining these two makes a completely new and different roll that's easy to make. These are perfect for an Easter Brunch.
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Lemon Sugar Buns
If you're looking for simple, this is it. 60 Second Brioche Dough topped with Swedish Sugar is a super taste treat that doesn't take a lot of work.
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Swedish Cardamom Yeast Rolls
These Swedish Cardamom Yeast Rolls have so much going for them. Known as Kardemummabullar, the dough is easy to make in the processor or mixer and interestingly has no eggs. It is wonderfully soft and really easy to roll out. Any yeast dough is best eaten the day it is made but these are great even the next day.
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Muffins
Coffee Cake Muffins
f you’re looking for soft, tender cinnamon coffee cake muffins, that taste like they came from a bakery case theres no need to look any further. These easy to make from-scratch muffins use only a bowl, a whisk and a few measuring utensils to get the job done with big flavors and a really simple, reliable technique.
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Crunchy Topped Apple Muffins
This super Crunchy Topped Apple Muffin Recipe is not only super easy and fast but one of the best muffins around. The key to these wonders is lots of apples and a really crunchy sugar topping that isn't exactly a crumb but a close cousin you're sure to love.
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Double Chocolate Muffins
The cakey part of the muffin is outstanding and so, so easy to make. No mixer is needed and it comes together in literally minutes. The truffle filling is equally easy and what looks like a very professional bakery item is yours in minutes.
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Cookies
Easy Decorated Shortbread Cookies
A variety of finishes make these shortbread cookies even more addictive.
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Orange Almond Madeleines - A Petit Four
Unlike Prousts' dry sponge madeleines, these small cakes are redolent of almond paste and orange rind making them deliciously moiset.
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Chocolate Dipped Sweet and Salty Butter Cookies
Easy to make butter cookies are dipped in chocolate and finished with a mix of sugar and salt.
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Cakes
Orange Chiffon Cake
After a special Easter Feast, a simple but intense Orange Chiffon cake served wit macerated strawberries or assorted fruit can be the perfect end to a great meal
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Coconut Cream Cake - The Perfect Easter Desseret
You won't want to miss this tender, flavorful Coconut Cream Cake with its white chiffon layers filled to the brim with a coconut laden pastry cream and finished with whipped cream and coconut.
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Carrot Cake Cheesecake
Two layers of carrot cake enclose a layer of cheesecake finished with cream cheese frosting is a combo made in heaven.
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Pies
(Almost) No Bake Strawberry Pie
An easy vanilla wafer crust is filled to the brim with fresh strawberries set with instant clear jel for the freshest strawberry pie you'll make.
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Lemon Meringue Pie
While Lemon Meringue pies can be be intimidating this recipe shows you how to make the perfect pie - no loose fillings or weepy meringue - just everything you need for success.
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Coconut Cream Pie with a Difference
This is a Coconut Cream Pie with a difference. It has a great crust, lightened pastry cream filled with toasted coconut but instead of oodles of whipped cream topping, I have switched it to a meringue which I think allows the filling, which is the star of the dish, to stand out.
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Tarts
No Bake Chocolate Coconut Tart
The only way to adequately describe this Chocolate Coconut Tart is to think Mounds Bars. This unusual tart comprises a sublime mixture of cream of coconut, white chocolate, a touch of sour cream and a lot of coconut in a chocolate crust. You'll especially like the no bake aspect of making this.
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Easy Almond Raspberry Tart
his Almond Raspberry Tart is a marvelously easy tart I want to share with you. The no-roll crust is made in minutes and is pressed into the pan. Simply wipe out the processor give the filling ingredients a couple spins in the bowl and pour into the parbaked shell.
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Macacamia and Coconut Tart
A simple graham cracker crust is filled with a white chocolate truffle mixture that includes toasted macadamia nuts, toasted coconut, a bit of cream of coconut and a whisper of dark rum.
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Savory Tarts
Tourte Milianese
This Torte Milanse a spectacular tour de force. And, as with most spectaculars, it requires a bit of preparation to get it finished. But when it’s done and you cut into it, the striking layers of green, red, pink and white are dramatic.While impressive, it isn’t difficult but time has to be set aside for sure.
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Brie and Bacon Tart
Caramelized onions, crispy bacon and creamy brie cheese all enclosed in a buttery crust. How could this be anything amazing?
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Torta Rustica - A Savory Italian Pastry
Torta Rustica means rustic torte in Italian and while rustic it is loaded with flavor from spinach, onions, red peppers and provolone cheese all enclosed in an easy buttery crust
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I wish you a happy holiday and trust you will find something to tempt you.
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