So here’s some egg  trivia for you!  How do you tell if the eggs in your refrigerator are fresh?

Take the simple water test!

1.  Put the egg in a bowl with room temperature water.  Fill with enough water to cover the egg.

2.  If the egg sinks and rests horizontally, it’s very fresh.  If the larger end of the egg starts to rise, your egg is about one to two weeks old.  Still ok to eat.

3.  If the egg floats, throw it out!  It’s a “bad egg” so to speak. 

These are Farm Fresh eggs that I know are about two weeks old.  I was wondering if they were ok to eat so I gave them the test.

Can you see the larger end standing up a bit?  I did this test with the fresh eggs we just bought at Safeway and the same exact thing happened.  The fresh eggs from Safeway might be about two weeks old before they make it to the stores.  Told you, egg trivia for what it’s worth. 

Are you having family over for the holiday?  Do you decorate for Easter?  Tell me how your celebrate Easter or Passover.  We always have our grandkids over for the annual Easter egg hunt.  It’s predicted  to pour rain so we may be hunting for eggs inside!

Have a wonderful weekend!  I’ll be back on Monday with block four of Snowbound!

Thank you to all the ladies who attended my class yesterday!  It was so much fun for me!  Amazing that everyone selected  a different fabric for the quilt!  That is truly a first for me! 

Everyone received a “Ritter Maker” from our very own Nancy Ritter!  Template plastic designed specifically to center yo-yo’s on the background blocks.   You place it on top of the background block, put a thin line of basting glue on the back of the yo-yo, center it in the Ritter Maker, press in place and remove the maker!   Has a scotch tape handle so you can pick it up!

Brigette made the Nordstrom white chocolate bread pudding.  Yummmmm!  Double baked, with shaved white chocolate and raspberry sauce.  Heaven.

Did you know that Nordstrom has cookbooks?  They publish, keep them for a bit and then retire them.  Makes me want them.  Want them enough to go shopping on Amazon to try and find the first one.   There are a total of 3 so far!  

You’ll find the bread pudding recipe in the “Friends and Family Cookbook,” online at Nordstrom!  Just do a search for cookbooks and you’ll see them!  These make great gifts for the cooks on your list. 

And Chickie this photo is for you…

These are from Target!  I was talking about the larger tree in class. Sold out in our area. Everywhere.  No trees to be found, and of course they are darling!  I have one of how many thousands do you think Target sold?

If you couldn’t come to class, you can still have bread pudding!  Let’s see, 4 cups cream, 18 eggs, and how much white chocolate?  Are you kidding?  Oh my!

Hugs,

Anne

It was cupcake day last week at Bunny Hill! We make any excuse to celebrate, especially when it comes to cupcakes!

Brigette supervised and we all had fun! This is the cookbook we used, and check out the extra large cupcake pan.

Pink frosting like no other in the prettiest shade of pink! I think I’m in love!

My grand-daughters Michaela & Alyssa got to frost…

…and then Brigette taught Michaela how to eat a cupcake sandwich!

We’ll share the end results and the recipe with you on Wednesday! Humm wonder why we’re waiting until Wednesday?

Hugs from cupcake land,

Anne

Yesterday Bunny Hill closed at 3PM so that this mixer…

and these girls…

could make these cookies with my assistant Brigette…

while wearing these French General aprons…

A good time was had by all, but some were a little tired after the fun!

You can buy these same aprons (one size fits all) on our web site under notions.   Then, as soon as I talk Brigette into her recipe, you can make these cookies too!  They are the best chocolate chip cookie ever!  Maybe she’ll post it on her new blog…it’s coming soon!

Hope you have a chocolate chip cookie kind of day! 

Hugs,

Anne