Easter baking: eight easy bakes to make with the kids during the holidays

Rainy days are made for baking with your children

Super cute bunny cookies just in time for Sunday.

Easter egg nests

recipe by:Michelle Darmody

These delightful Easter treats with a crumbly chocolate nest and eggs are perfect for kids to make

Servings

12

Preparation Time

 15 mins

Cooking Time

 20 mins

Total Time

 35 mins

Course

 Baking

Ingredients

• 240g self-raising flour

• 120g caster sugar

• 120ml milk

• 1 egg

• 4 tbsp drinking chocolate powder

• 120g butter, melted

• To decorate:

• 50g milk chocolate, broken into small, even pieces

• 200g icing sugar

• 2½ tbsp cocoa powder

• 100g butter, softened

• 1 tbsp milk

• 2 crumbly chocolate bars such as a Flake, broken up

• small coloured eggs

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 200°C and pop 12 bun cases into a bun tin.

2. Mix the flour and sugar together. Stir in the milk and egg until combined. Stir in the drinking chocolate then the melted butter. Scoop the batter into the prepared tin.

3. Bake for 20 minutes until baked through. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

4. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof dish above some boiling water, making sure not to let the steam into the chocolate. Set it aside.

5. Whip the sugar, cocoa powder, and butter until fluffy. Whisk in the melted chocolate and the milk.

6. Spread some icing onto the top of each bun and use this to stick the crumbly chocolate and eggs onto.

Easter bunny cookies

recipe by:Michelle Darmody

Get the kids involved in the kitchen to create these festive Easter treats with white icing

Servings

20

Preparation Time

 1 hours 15 mins

Cooking Time

 7 mins

Total Time

 1 hours 22 mins

Course

 Baking

Ingredients

• 100g butter, chilled and cubed

• 100g caster sugar

• 1 small egg, lightly beaten

• ½ tbsp lemon juice 

• zest of 1 lemon

• 1 tsp vanilla essence

• 250g plain flour

• 1 level tsp baking powder

• For the icing:

• 110g icing sugar

• ½ egg white

• 1 tsp lemon juice

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 180°C and line a baking tray with parchment.

2. Beat the butter and sugar in the machine until fluffy.

3. Mix the egg, lemon juice, zest, and vanilla extract together and gently add it to the creamed butter and sugar and combine.

4. Mix the flour with the baking powder and combine them with the rest of the ingredients.

5. When the dough begins to come together, take it out of the machine and knead it lightly into a ball. Wrap it in cling film and leave in the fridge for an hour.

6. On a lightly floured surface roll the pastry to about three millimeters in thickness. Cut with a bunny cookie cutter and lay flat on a lined baking tray.

7. Bake the biscuits for 7-8 minutes, or until they are nicely golden.

8. Whisk the egg white and icing sugar together until smooth. Add the lemon juice to loosen the icing.

9. Decorate each cookie with a blob of the white icing for the bunny’s tail. Dry the biscuits in the warm place to set the icing, a still warm oven or near your oven. Tie a ribbon around the bunny’s neck if you wish.