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Show March 29, 2007 THE MAGNA TIMES, WEST VALLEY NEW S, KEARNS POST 8 from JBri ild cas, com FAMILY FEATURES W: Nki,0y Spread the spirit of kindness r- - Get the kids into the Easter spirit Encourage them to make baskets for the lunchroom monitors, the janitor or the crossing guard. Throw an Add A Basket party. Your guests will make treat baskets o give away to local charities. with a message of kindness to friends Create a beautiful, virtual S?ncfan Easter and family. They just might spread it forward. Go to www Br ghtldeas.comaddabasket. For links, special basket tags, themed invitations for Add A Basket party ideas for an Easter, visit www bnghtldeas.com. creative and more rv -- - ' ,f fz. ti V; - ,f Ht V "Sir r - i-s- t spring breezes carry the pron.ise ot lebirth and new life. Spread the spirit of loving kindness this season by making an extra Easter basket Give it to someone whos not expecting it, or drop it at a local shelter, home or school where someone is in need. This simple act of kindness will inspire to pass along their generosity too. V-- kft fir ' , ' . I 9--' V jf j4 r M s' V ftr'-- j; Bunny Cookies Funny Why not create these hilarious Easter bunnies with your little ones and make Makes up Cookie Garden a story about them, too! Fill a beautiful basket with yummy, homemade treats. Take the wonderful centerpiece to a special family gathering. Makes 12 cookies 18 bunnies Prep time: 20 minutes Baking time: 12 to IS minutes Decoration time: 30 minutes 15 minutes Bake time: 10 to 12 minutes Decoration time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Moderate Prep time: Difficulty: Moderate bag M&MS Milk Chocolate Candies for Easter I bag Starburst Fun Size Fruit Chews for Easter, unwrapped 1 tube or bag M&MS Minis (optional for the bunnys basket) 1 I ce container white frosting h thickness. Press out two sizes of Thinly roll cookie dough to cookies for cookies for bunnies bodies, and cookies: 1 1. Assorted Starburst Jellybeans, M&MS Milk Chocolate Speckled Eggs and Dove Chocolate Eggs 1 roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough 1 container white frosting Assorted food coloring 12 lollipop sticks Small basket. Styrofoam or green floral oasis and Easter grasr 'optional) 1. Preheat oven to 350F. Roll cookie dough to Yellow and orange food coloring package refrigerated cookie dough ce 14-inc- bunnies heads. 2. Arrange cookies on baking sheet, placing smaller cookies next to larger cookies. Press edges of two sets of cookies together. Bake in preheated 350T oven 12 to 15 minutes, then cool. 3. Divide icing into 3 small bowls. Tint one bowl with a few drops of orange food coloring and one with yellow. Frost 13 of cookies orange, ... 13 yellow and 13 white. 4. SoKen the Civil Chews for Caster in microwave for 10 seconds. Mold fctfldy Into fcuhfty tars and fert.ThHtpreis into iced cwmfcteste attach. Dot bunnies faces with Milk Chocolate Candies for Easter for eyes, , noses and mouths. h thickness. 2. Using your favorite holiday cookie cutters, press out cookies from each shape. Press lollipop "sticks into bottom half of cookies. 3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes; cool completely on wire rack. 4. Color frosting with'd VaHfety of food coloring. Frost cookies and press on assorted jellybeans and speckled eggs. 5. For display, press Styrofoam into a basket and cover with Easter grass. Arrange cookie pops by pressing sticks into Styrofoam. Decorate grass with sprinkling of jellybeans and chocolate eggs. 14-inc- For the bunnys basket: Soften one unwrapped Fruit Chews for Easter piece in your hand (or for 5 seconds in the microwave) and divide into two equal parts. Shape inch handle. Shape other half into e for basket body. Make diagonal marks with tip of knife. Press rope across into two outside edges of making a basket. Place basket on frosted cookie and fill with several M&MS Minis. half into semi-circl- semi-circ- le semi-circl- e, For the bunnys carrot: Soften one unwrapped, orange Fruit Chews for Easter piece in your hand (or for 5 seconds in the microwave) and cone to resemble shape into 1 nch-long a carrot. For carrot top, soften one green Fruit Chews piece for Easter in same way, then flatten and cut into spiky fronds. Press to attach them to carrot and put carrot on cookie. IT'S TIME TO HAVE THAT COLONOSCOPY Bud Cupcakes Spring Welcome spring with a blossoming batch of cupcakes. Makes 24 cupcakes Prep time: 20 minutes Bake time: 17 to 21 minutes Decoration time: 20 minutes Difficulty: Easy 1 DONT BECOME bag M&MS Milk Chocolate Candies for Easter 2 cups chopped 3 Musketeers Minis for Easter e 1 box yellow cake mix 2 cans whipped vanilla frosting. Red, blue, yellow and purple food coloring ANOTHER 18.25-ounc12-oun- ce 1. COLON CANCER Preheat oven to 350F. Line cupcake pan with paper cupcake liners. 2. Prepare cake mix according to package directions, folding in chopped candy. 3. Divide batter evenly between cups; bake until golden (about 17 to 21 minutes). Transfer to wire rack; cool completely. 4. Divide 1 can vanilla frosting into quarters, tinting one red, one blue, one yellow and one purple. 5. With remaining vanilla frosting, cover tops of cupcakes. Fit resealable plastic bags or piping bags with star tips. Spoon one color of tinted frosting into each Pipe yellow frosting centers, and then pipe colored frosting rosettes around edges. Decorate cupcakes with coordinating colors of M&MS on tops of rosettes. STATISTIC If you are 50 years or older or have a family history of colon cancer, please call us today. hag. Jj KMB4 o - ri vi'1 ; Bright Ideas for Every Season We specialize in minimizing discomfort, so please don't wait any longer! Dont miss out on creative, fun ideas designed especially for every season. 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