Green Eggs for Easter!

I thought Spring arrived yesterday but today I awoke to winter.... or lets call a spring storm arrived.

Sooooo... I decided to stay home and get started on my  Sugar Easter Eggs.  They are the Old Fashioned Sugar eggs with the picture window and a scene inside.

   I loved these as a kid and I enjoy making them every few years for my Easter Table...





I tossed mine out  last year because they do get old and break down and then it's time to make new ones...So here is the recipe to begin with
4 cups of sugar
3 T. Water ( food coloring in water) optional...I went with Green since I'm going green this March.
Mix until mixture becomes packable, no lumps like a sand castle mixture. Add the water slowly as you do not want the sugar to wet or you will have collapsing eggs, and we certainly don't want that.

Then you will need an Easter Egg Mold...I bought this years ago at Michaels.

Fill each of the two...top and bottom eggs...the bottom has a little flat area.

gradually pack the sugar into the mold and pack with a spoon or your hand...

Now gently scoop out the center forming a bowl in the egg...leaving 1/4-1/2 inch on sides.

and then....very very gently flip the eggs over (like you do a cake) onto a flat surface..cookie sheet or card board...I used a magazine, not the best because it was a little flimsy.

And lastly....cut the tip off of both eggs to create the window... V  e  r  y carefully!!!

And Now leave them alone for a week or two...do not touch them...I repeat DO NOT TOUCH THEM.
They will dry and harden and then we will frost and decorate them.  If you do by chance have an egg that collapses just throw the sugar back in and repack and try again.  Sometimes it takes a couple of tries but you'll get it. Check back with me in a few weeks for the rest of the story....  They are so fun and cute to make I hope you'll give it a try...
      Oh Yea and be on the look out for  a cute mini chick or a cross or something to go in the window?