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SWEET POTATO BUNNIES

Waiting for the Easter Bunny is no hop in the park so why not spend time making these healthy sweet potato bunnies while you wait!



MAKES: 4 BUNNIES
Suitable from 9 months +

Ingredients
1 very large sweet potato
A little olive oil
Salt and pepper (optional, for 12 months +)
Chives
Pink peppercorns

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180C Fan. Line a baking sheet with non-stick baking paper.
• Peel the sweet potato, then slice four thick slices about 1 ½ cm thick using a metal bunny cookie cutter. Stamp out one bunny from each slice. You may need to bang the cutter with a mallet if it is hard to push through the potato.
• Arrange on a baking sheet, drizzle with oil and season.
• Bake for 30 minutes, turning over half way through the cooking time until lightly golden and cooked through.
• Decorate with pink peppercorns and chives for the nose and the whiskers (be sure to remove decoration before serving).

BUNNY PIZZA

This bunny pizza is sure to have your little ones hopping to the dinner table. It’s the perfect recipe to get toddlers in the kitchen this Easter.



MAKES: 4 BUNNY PIZZAS
Suitable form 12 months

Ingredients
Pizza dough
250g strong bread flour
1 tsp dried yeast
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp olive oil
150ml water
1 clove garlic, crushed

Tomato sauce & toppings
150g chopped tomatoes
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp sundried tomato paste
1 tbsp thyme, chopped

100g grated mozzarella
50g grated Cheddar
Basil leaves, chopped

Decoration
250g ball of mozzarella
Black olives
Cherry tomatoes, sliced
Basil leaves

Method

• Make the dough. Put the flour, yeast, salt, olive oil, water and garlic into a bowl. Mix together using a wooden spoon until the mixture comes together. Place on a work surface and knead into a soft shiny dough. Place in an oiled bowl, cover with clingfilm and leave to rise for 1 ½ hours. Pre heat the oven to 200C Fan.
• Divide the dough into four balls.
• Take one ball. Remove a third of the dough. Roll out to make bunny ears then roll out the remaining dough to make the bunny’s face. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Repeat to create three more bunnies.
• Mix the tomato, garlic, tomato paste and thyme together in a bowl. Spread over the bases. Sprinkle the cheese over the top. Bake the pizzas for 15 minutes.
• Decorate the pizzas with the olives, tomatoes, mozzarella, chives and basil to make the bunny faces.

EASTER BISCUITS
Get creative over the Easter holidays with these super cute biscuits. Cracking fun to make and bunny-licious to ea



MAKES: 15 BISCUITS

Ingredients
Biscuit dough
175g plain flour
100g butter, softened
85g icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg yolk
½ tsp salt

Decoration
200g icing sugar
Pastel food colouring gel / paste – e.g. blue, yellow, pink and green
Edible sugar flowers
Selection of Easter cookie cutters

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180C Fan. Line 2 large baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.
• Measure the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Whisk until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, pinch of salt and egg yolk. Beat in the flour and whisk until well combined. Shape into a ball and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Once chilled, roll out the dough into a floured surface to about 1cm thick. Stamp out shapes using Easter cookie cutters and arrange on the baking sheets.
• Chill in the fridge for 15 minutes if you have time. Bake in the oven for about 12 minutes until lightly golden around the edges. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
• Put the icing sugar into a bowl. Add a little hot water and mix until you have a thick icing consistency. Divide the icing into small bowls and colour each one with food colouring gel / paste.
• Spoon into small piping bags and pipe colourful decorations onto the biscuits. Decorate with edible sugar flowers. Leave to set for 30 minutes before tucking in!