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6 dessert recipes to try this Easter
Happy (early) Easter! Whether you’re celebrating the holidays or not, here are some delicious recipes you’ll want to try.
What’s on the menu at your house?Perhaps a classic Times recipe like Maelitsa Greek Easter Soup or roasted lamb and turnipand spring peas and herb potato on the side.
My family’s Easter dinner is very similar to what we eat at Christmas and Thanksgiving. Seafood gumbo, honey baked ham, and cornbread dressing are holiday staples for us. Sometimes I add green beans, potatoes, or sweet potato pie for a little variation.
However, most menus have plenty of savory dishes and not many sweet dishes.
What better time than now to change things?
I dug Countless recipes in our archives A sweet treat will help you finish your Sunday.
With the help of my Times colleagues and contributors, I’m heading into the holidays with more recipes than I can cook.
Here are six items to make your holiday even more fulfilling.
chocolate cream egg
(Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times)
When we think of Easter, eggs immediately come to mind. Whether hard-boiled or egg-shaped milk chocolate shells.Let’s recreate Cadbury Creme Egg this recipe. It will take an hour and a half and will yield three and a half eggs.
spring lime meringue pie
(Kirk McCoy/Los Angeles Times)
Making this pie requires an early start. However, you can roll or flute the dough the night before. Make the pie filling near baking time, as the meringue mixture needs to be made at the last moment. Total preparation time is 1 hour and 15 minutes, plus cooling time is 1 hour, making 8 servings. Full recipe here.
Dark caramel and chocolate shortbread bars
(Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)
Who doesn’t love a Twix bar? Twix-inspired recipes Makes buttery shortbread bars with a thick layer of caramel. It should take 2 hours and you should end up with about 5 dozen (3.5 inch) bars.
chocolate macarons
(Kirk McCoy/Los Angeles Times)
Why not add some French flavor to your dessert menu this year? The cookies themselves don’t have much flavor.So to get the full amount of macarons, you need to make sure each piece contains a cookie and filling. The texture comes from the cookie, but the flavor comes from the filling. This recipe takes him an hour and makes him 24 to 30 sandwich cookies.
vegan carrot banana cake
(Ben Mims/Los Angeles Times)
There is an easy way vegan carrot cake recipe It might be better than the original! Bananas replace eggs, bind the batter, and give body to the cake. Pro tip: For the best flavor, use bananas with mostly black skin. The journey time is 1 hour 20 minutes and can accommodate 8 to 12 people.
Vending machine honey bread
(Sylvia Razgova/For the Times)
Fans of cellophane-wrapped honey buns will love these fluffy and soft homemade honey buns. Plus, it’s healthier because it doesn’t contain any chemicals that keep the vending machine version preserved for years. this recipe Makes 8 loaves and takes 1 hour 10 minutes and 3 hours to rise.
This week’s biggest news
This stretch of Crenshaw Boulevard is full of fast food restaurants.
(Allen J. Scherben/Los Angeles Times)
fast food price increase
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Shohei Otani interpreter gambling scandal
Diddy sex trafficking investigation
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Column 1 is the home of The Times’ stories and long-form journalism. Here are some great pieces from this week:
Tteokbokki rice cake at Sauce OC food court in Buena Park.
(Jennell Fong/For the Times)
How one mall became the culture-defining hub of Orange County’s newest Koreatown. The Asian-focused entertainment and dining destination is located just a few miles from Buena Park’s newly named Korean Town and offers a unique concentration of Korean culture.
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(Christopher Reynolds/Los Angeles Times)
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