Easter Recipe: Six easy steps to Create your own Easter Egg

Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute eggs made from chocolate, or plastic eggs filled with Confectionery such as jellybeans.These are often hidden, supposedly by the Easter Bunny, for children to find on Easter morning.

Decorated eggs are much older than Easter, and both eggs and rabbits are age-old fertility symbols. Follow this simple method and create your very own Easter Egg this Easter Sunday.

Ingredients you need to make the Easter Egg

1. 1/2 cup light corn syrup

2. 1 jar candied cherries

3. 3/4 cup coconut(optional)

4. 2 cups sugar

5. 1/2 cup water

6. 2 egg whites

7. 1 cup chopped nuts (optional - highly recommended though)

8. Semi - sweet chocolate (for dipping)

Method to make your Easter Egg

1. Boil sugar, syrup and water to hard ball stage on candy thermometer.

2. While this is cooking, beat egg whites until stiff

3. Pour syrup in a slow stream over beaten egg whites and beat until mixture begins to thicken.

4. Add coconut, cherries and nuts.

5. Cool slightly and form into egg shapes using confectioner’s sugar to keep from sticking to the hands.

6. When cold, dip in melted semi - sweet chocolate.

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