Easter dessert recipes

Carrot Cake Cookies

Makes 1 dozen cookies8910
1/2 teaspoon baking soda1073
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Ingredients:3423
1/2 cup raisins193
1 large egg4572
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3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar, plus more FOR dusting3504
1 pound dark chocolate4638
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1 teaspoon cinnamon9404
1 tablespoon orange zest2248
1-1/2 pounds confectioners’ sugar3717
Ingredients:3997
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature5813
1/3 cup toasted pine nuts366
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1. Preheat oven TO 375 degrees F. Combine sugar, eggs, vanilla, orange zest AND ricotta IN a large bowl. Beat until fully combined AND smooth. Stir rice AND pine nuts into mixture.5025
Pinch salt5386

Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs

Makes 6 medium eggs1648
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar2863

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Easter Puff Bunnies6561
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8 ounces cream cheese, softened2182
6 sheets fresh or frozen (thawed) phyllo dough1261
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature1368
1 cup walnuts, chopped1047
1/2 teaspoon salt2009
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar9124
2-1/2 cups coconut flakes432
3/4 stick unsalted butter, melted1821
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3. Melt white chocolate AND dark chocolate IN separate double boilers (or use only one flavor if desired). Dip coconut eggs into chocolate AND remove with a slotted spoon. Let drain AND harden on a rack.5
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Directions:1154
1 pound white chocolate1688
4. Let pie cool AND dust with more confectioners’ sugar before serving. Serve with fresh whipped cream AND fresh strawberries.86
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Italian-Style Ricotta Pie

Makes 8 TO 10 servings473
1 stick butter, room temperature6388
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3. Spoon ricotta mixture into pie plate AND fold dough overtop TO cover. Brush top with melted butter. Bake pie FOR 30 TO 40 minutes or until phyllo is crispy AND golden.2502
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2. Remove coconut mixture AND begin forming them into eggs OF desired size.4251
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4. Meanwhile, beat cream cheese AND honey together until light AND fluffy. Spoon some cream cheese on THE flat side OF one cookie AND top with another cookie. Continue until all cream cheese mixture AND cookies HAVE BEEN used.620
1. Beat butter with cream cheese, until fully combined AND smooth. Beat IN sugar, salt AND coconut flavoring. Stir coconut flakes into cream cheese mixture. Chill mixture FOR at least 2 hours or overnight.3290
3. Spoon batter onto prepared baking sheets AND bake FOR 12 TO 15 minutes or until golden AND fluffy. Let cookies cool on wire racks.5279
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3 large eggs1902
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract9444
1/4 cup honey9470
1 cup grated carrots (about 2 medium)4705
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1. Preheat oven TO 375 degrees F. Coat 2 baking sheets with butter-flavored cooking spray. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, AND salt IN a small bowl.8763
2. Beat butter,both sugars, egg, AND vanilla IN a large bowl. Beat flour mixture into egg mixture gradually, then stir IN carrots, nuts AND raisins until well combined.4171
1-1/8 cups all-purpose flour7949
Directions:3957
2. Brush a 9-inch round pie plate with melted butter. Begin layering phyllo dough IN pie plate, 1 sheet at a time, brushing each sheet with melted butter. Dough should hang over edge AND you should rotate THE dough SO that THE entire plate is covered.8590
1/2 cup cooked short-grained rice2035
Easter Bunny Cake4358
Directions:2075
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15-ounces whole milk ricotta cheese407
2 teaspoons vanilla extract3931
1 tablespoon coconut flavoring or vanilla extract3357
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