Bird Nest Cookies

1 Cup butter
8 ounces cream cheese
2 cups sugar
1 egg
1/4 tsp coconut extract
1/4 tsp almond extract
3 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
flaked coconut colored with green food coloring
egg shaped candies


Beat together until smooth:  butter and cream cheese
Beat in sugar, add in egg and flavorings.  Mix well.  Stir in Flour, baking powder, and salt.

Roll dough into balls (2 Tablespoons)

Place balls a couple inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.  Make an indentation in each one with a tablespoon.


Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

Press down indentation again and then let the cookies cool.

Fill cookies with coconut and decorate with a few candy eggs.

Decorating Easter Eggs- Confetti Eggs

We decorated our Easter Eggs different this year. We made Confetti Eggs.

Cascarones or confetti eggs are festive, hollow egg shells, filled with confetti. The word cascaron comes from the Spanish word "cascara," meaning egg shell. The colorful egg is crushed in the hand over the recipient's head showering him or her with confetti. This tradition is most often carried out among friends and family. Cascarones derive from Mexico. They are used in many different occasions but mostly at Easter.

First Remove the inside of the egg by tapping a butter knife on the small end of the egg and then peel off about a nickel sized hole in the egg and dump everything out. Next, clean the egg well with hot soapy water and dry and let dry overnight in an empty egg carton.

To decorate. I used a mixture of metallic paints- acrylic and spray paint. I sprayed all the eggs at once. After the paint dried, I added details like flowers and other designs with glitter paint pens and " Stickles".

Once the paint was dry, I added about a 2 teaspoons of confetti to the inside of the egg and then sealed the egg shut by gluing a 2 inch square of tissue paper to the egg.

These were so fun to make and turned out almost too beautiful to break. The boys are very anxious to smash them.



Thanks Joan for the inspiration and sharing the great art of making Confetti eggs. I think that it will be a new tradition for our family.

Making: Paper Heart Easter Baskets

These were fun to make and will make great little Easter gifts filled with Chocolate eggs and Easter candy. I made these with the 4-H kids last week. I started with a pattern for the very traditional woven paper heart basket. Check out this site for the directions and the pattern to make these.

Easter Decorations