Delicious Easter Fun

Pretty crafts and share-worthy treats for a festive spring celebration

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MACAROON "NESTS"

GMVH

Active 25 min. Total 45 min. plus chilling and cooling

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. In large bowl, whisk together condensed milk, vanilla, and salt. Fold in coconut.

2. Drop 2-Tbsp mounds of dough onto prepared sheets, spacing 2 in. apart. Using fork, spread each mound into roughly 21/2-in. "nest." Bake, rotating baking sheets and swapping positions halfway through, until golden brown around edges, 14 to 16 min. Let cool on sheets 5 min.; then, using small offset spatula, transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

3. Drizzle melted white chocolate onto cooled nests, add 3 candy eggs to each and let set.

MAKES ABOUT 20

Carrot Treat Cones

1. Mix a few drops of green craft paint with water until it reaches the consistency of milk. Soak coffee filters in the paint mixture until fully saturated (you can do several at a time). Squeeze out excess paint and lay flat to dry on paper towels or hang from a hanger with a clip or a clothespin.

2. Download template* and trace onto orange paper. Cut out and roll into a cone shape, adhering the sides with double-stick tape.

3. Cut out the center of a painted coffee filter. Attach the remaining paper to the inside edge of the cone with doublestick tape.