Photo: Jesse Costa, WBUR
OK. So it’s supposed to be another crappy weather weekend. But one of the holidays that most easily and effortlessly encapsulates Spring is upon us. Easter!
Here is a PERFECT way to spend a couple of hours tomorrow, sheltered in your kitchen from the wind and rain: therapeutically rolling, cutting, icing and decorating sugar cookies.
You needn’t celebrate Easter to make these beauties. Any cookie cutter shape will do. And the results will spread ‘the love’ as fast as any food can.
Earlier this week Lynne Viera, how2heroes founder and CEO, came in to WBUR to make and decorate the cookies you see here. They’re colorful, festive and individually unique. Assorted colleagues passed by, eyes as big as saucers, and asked, “These are to EAT??”
Photo: Jesse Costa, WBUR
They sure are. Enjoy the process and the eating. They’re easy, if you have a few simple tools, and perfectly scrumptious (I’m speaking from experience). Here’s how.
Recipe for Sugar Cookies
Recipes for Royal Icing
Decorating tools you’ll need: cookie cutters, food coloring, a variety of small candies and sprinkles, tiny marshmallows, toothpicks, parchment paper, pastry rollers (you might want, but don’t really need, these).
If you’re still searching for ideas, here’s a sampling of Easter treats, plus wonderful Easter meal recipes that could work for any Sunday:
- Blown Eggs
- Dyeing & Marbling Easter Eggs
- Glittery Eggs
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs
- Chocolate Coconut Cream Eggs
- Brined & Baked Ham w/ tamarind-Chili Glaze (this is unique as you use a fresh ham instead of an already-cured ham)
- Seven-Hour Lamb
- Braised Lamb Shanks
- Mashed Potatoes 3 Ways
- Portuguese Sweet Bread (an Easter & Christmas tradition – made by Lynne’s mom. In Lynne’s words, this recipe is “epic.”)
You can find links to all these, shown in video format with recipes, HERE. Have fun, and Happy Easter!