On the day of child protection, Easter or February 23, you can cheer up your home with a bright culinary creative.
1. Multicolored stuffed eggs
To do this, cook hard-boiled eggs, cut them in half and pull out the yolks. Mix 150 ml of cold water with three drops of food coloring and 1 teaspoon of vinegar and immerse the prepared proteins in this mixture until the desired shade is achieved. And now just rub the yolks with mayonnaise and lay them on the egg halves.
2. Jolly Frozen Yogurt
For this simple recipe, it is necessary to mix Greek yoghurt with honey (to taste) and food color (the more color - the more intense the color), and squeeze the prepared mixture onto parchment with the help of an incised plastic bag. And now just put a sheet of multicolored dots in the freezer for 40-60 minutes.
3. Pink peanut cookies
For this useful treat you will need:
- 200 grams of sugar;
- 200 grams of raw peanuts;
- 60 ml of sugar syrup;
- 1/8 teaspoon of salt;
- 2 tablespoons water;
- 2 tablespoons butter;
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract;
- 1 teaspoon red food coloring.
Mix sugar, peanuts, syrup, water and salt in a deep thick-walled saucepan and, stirring constantly with a silicone spatula, bring to a boil. After that, turn off the cooker and add butter, red dye and vanilla into the hot mixture. Stir the mass until the oil dissolves, and then let it settle. As soon as the mixture has cooled to 55-60 degrees Celsius, transfer it with a tablespoon to the already prepared sheet of parchment. Do not forget to tightly wrap the finished cookie in a food film to avoid soaking.
4. Funny marshmallow
This dish can become the highlight of the program at any children's party. And most importantly, this requires only a thin brush, food color and, of course, a large packet of marshmallow.
5. Rainy cupcake
The secret of the miracle dish is very simple - add the favorite blue dye in 1/3 of the dough for the cake and shift it with a spoon so as to shape the puddle. And now, without dissolving, add the coloring powder to the remainder of the test. Ready-made muffins for more realism can be crowned with lush caps from vanilla whipped cream.
6. Rainbow cookies
To do this you will need:
- 340 grams of butter;
- 300 grams of sugar;
- 2 whole eggs;
- 2 yolks;
- 4 teaspoons of vanilla extract;
- 2 teaspoons of almond extract;
- 500 grams of flour;
- 1 teaspoon of salt;
- 1 teaspoon baking powder.
In a large bowl, carefully mix with the mixer the sliced butter and sugar. While continuing to beat, add eggs, yolks, almond and vanilla extract. In a separate bowl, stir the flour, salt and baking powder and gradually add this mixture to the beaten butter with sugar. Stir, but do not whisk.
And now divide the finished dough into six pieces and paint in the colors of the rainbow. It is better to use gel dyes, which give more vivid and intense shades. Put the dough in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours, and then roll it into thin sheets. Each rolled sheet should be cleaned in the freezer. Having combined all the separate layers in the rainbow cake, wrap it in cellophane and put it away for a while in the fridge. Cut the corn into portions and bake the finished rainbow in a preheated oven at a temperature of 170-180 degrees Celsius for 6-10 minutes.
7. Painted cake molds
Simply immerse the paper cake molds in the dye solution and allow them to dry.
8. Pink Cupcakes with Lollipops
Ingredients:
- 350 ml of vodka;
- gel food coloring;
- 450 grams of candy-crystals;
- cupcakes (by any recipe);
- glaze (by any recipe).
Candies for decoration must be prepared, at least one day before baking cupcakes. To do this, in a metal container, connect the vodka with ¼ teaspoon of dye and mix thoroughly until evenly colored. Put a handful of crystal candies in a strainer, dip it into the vodka for a few seconds and lift, letting the fluid drain. Painted candies should be laid in one layer on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and leave to dry for the night. In order to make a few shades, you need to start with a light solution, gradually adding the dye. But each color must be dried separately.
Prepare cupcakes according to your recipe. While the finished cupcakes are cooling down, you can make the glaze. For completely cooled cupcakes, the glaze is applied with a layer 1-1.3 cm thick. Now decorate the fresh glaze with pink candies, sprinkle with a little water and leave to dry for 10-15 minutes for reliable fixation.
9. Multicolored marshmallow
Mix a few drops of dye with water and immerse the marshmallow into it. Remove and allow to dry.
10. Blue velvet cake
Ingredients:
Cake:
- 2 cups of sugar;
- 1 pack of softened butter;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder;
- blue food color;
- 2.5 cups of flour;
- 1 teaspoon of salt;
- 1 cup buttermilk;
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract;
- ½ teaspoon baking soda;
- 1 tablespoon of vinegar.
Glaze:
- 450 grams of softened cream cheese;
- 1 pack of softened butter;
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract;
- 4 cups of sifted powdered sugar.
In a large bowl, combine sugar, oil and eggs. After each egg, it is necessary to mix the dough thoroughly. Combine cocoa and food color together, and then add flour and salt. Mix the butter and flour mixture, add the buttermilk and vanilla extract. In a separate container, extinguish the soda with vinegar and add it to the dough. Ready-made dough should be poured into cake molds and baked at a temperature of 180 ° C for about 25-30 minutes.
For glaze it is necessary to combine cream cheese, butter and vanilla, add sugar and beat until a soft, uniform consistency. After completely cooling the cupcakes, decorate them with icing.
11. Cupcake "soft-boiled eggs"
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs;
- ¾ cup softened butter;
- 1.3 cups of sugar;
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract;
- ½ cup skim cream;
- 2 cups of flour;
- 2¼ teaspoons of soda;
- ½ teaspoon of sea salt;
- ½ cup of fresh berries.
Make a home dye from berries (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries). To do this, mix the berries to homogeneity in a blender or squeeze out the juice from them.
Prepare eggs for packing. To do this, you need to paint ordinary white eggs with any Easter set and syringe (syringe) to remove the contents from them. Then melt 2 tablespoons of butter and squeeze into each egg several milliliters. After that, the egg should be properly shaken, so as not to break the shell, and spill the oil into the sink.
In a large bowl, whisk butter with sugar until smooth, add eggs and vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt and slowly, in portions, add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture. The resulting liquid dough pour into 3-4 bowls (according to the number of colors) and mix with the dye.
Put the eggs in a baking dish and fill each with a syringe, alternating colors. Fill the eggs no more than half to keep the integrity of the shell. And ready "soft-boiled eggs" bake in the oven at a temperature of 180-190 ° C for 18 minutes.
12. Rainbow bread
Ingredients (for 4 loaves):
- 11-12 glasses of flour;
- ½ cup of sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of salt;
- 2 bags of dry active yeast;
- 4½ cups of milk;
- ½ cup of vegetable oil;
- 2 eggs.
Mix 4 cups of flour, sugar, salt and yeast with a mixer. In a saucepan, combine milk and vegetable oil and lightly heat. Mix the flour and milk mixture, add eggs to it, and beat the mixer at an average speed of about 3-4 minutes. Add 7-8 glasses of flour to the resulting liquid dough in batches. Cover the dough with a lid and leave for 45-50 minutes. When the dough rises, it is necessary to divide it into 6 balls and color each with a dye. Roll each ball and form a multi-colored loaf of them. The billet should stand for about 30 minutes on the baking sheet, after which it can be baked in the oven at a temperature of 180 ° C (about 30-40 minutes).
13. Pinyata's Cookies
Ingredients:
For the test:
- 1 cup of sugar;
- 1 glass of powdered sugar;
- 1 pack of butter;
- 1 cup vegetable oil;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 teaspoon of salt;
- 1 teaspoon of almond extract;
- 1 teaspoon of soda;
- 5 glasses of flour;
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla;
- candy M & M's.
For glaze:
- ½ cup of powdered sugar;
- teaspoons of milk.
Make the dough. To do this, mix the sugar with butter, add eggs and vegetable oil. Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl and add to the oil mixture in several steps. Knead the dough, divide it into 6 parts and mix each with a food color. In a container lined with cellophane, lay out the rolled out dough strips, alternating colors. Remove this container to the freezer for 4-8 hours.
Ready-made puff pastry should be cut into pieces 1 cm thick and baked 12 minutes at 175 ° C.
Now it remains to fulfill the most creative part of the recipe - to make a donkey and stuff it with chocolate pellets. For this, according to the above scheme, it is necessary to cut out the biscuits and glue it together with glaze.
14. Homemade marmalade
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons gelatin;
- 1 cup of cold water;
- 1½ cups of boiling water;
- 4 cups of sugar;
- ¼ teaspoon flavored lemon extract or mint;
- 1-2 drops of food color;
- additional sugar for sprinkling.
Soak gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes, heat and add boiling water to the pan. After completely dissolving the gelatin, add sugar to it and boil over medium heat for 25 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour hot gelatinous mass over containers, add to each dye, clean overnight in the refrigerator. Ready marmalade cut into bars and roll in sugar.
If you are worried that artificial colors may be harmful to your health, use this infographics to make your own natural colors.
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