Basic Dough: Cream 1 1/2 cups butter and 2 cups packed brown sugar; add 1 egg. Beat till light. Mix 4 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves, and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda. Stir into egg mixture. Cover; chill 2 hours.
To make Cookies -
Cut egg-shaped pattern 5 [...]

Start with my creations from Thrifty Creativity
1. Molded Sugar Eggs  and
2. Marzipan Fruit
3. Then see – Coconut Cream Eggs -
4. Easter Candy Nests (fill with jelly beans or little chocolate eggs)
5. Feeling ambitious? Try this Mounds Coconut Easter Basket Cake
6. Easter Bunny Racers – very cute project for the kids – no baking [...]

In buttered 1-quart saucepan mix 2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 cups water, and 2 tablespoons light corn syrup. Cook and stir till sugar dissolves and mixture boils. Cook without stirring to soft-ball stage or till candy thermometer registers 240°. Pour onto large platter. Do not scrape pan. Cool about 30 minutes. Do not move. With [...]

With hands mix 3 cups granulated sugar and 1 egg white thoroughly. Divide sugar mixture into portions. Tint desired color with food coloring. Blend with spoon till color is even. Squeeze mixture. When it holds fingerprints, it is moist enough. If too dry, add a few drops water. Add more sugar if mixture is too [...]