tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post7941351358127038044..comments2024-03-29T14:23:23.596+00:00Comments on The English Kitchen: Fudgy Easter Egg Brownie CookiesMarie Raynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-83500378470473603092023-04-06T23:17:13.001+01:002023-04-06T23:17:13.001+01:00I think you are right. I checked the original reci...I think you are right. I checked the original recipe on Betty Crocker and it did include an egg. Thanks for noticing! I have amended the recipe now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-27120768711770599692023-04-06T17:27:36.172+01:002023-04-06T17:27:36.172+01:00I think you forgot an egg in recipe. It was way to...I think you forgot an egg in recipe. It was way too dry to make into balls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-49365540916894884152021-04-05T12:56:27.355+01:002021-04-05T12:56:27.355+01:00Thank you V. I agree we are very lucky! You are ve...Thank you V. I agree we are very lucky! You are very welcome! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-34405139846075814362021-04-05T12:55:42.376+01:002021-04-05T12:55:42.376+01:00I know what you mean about them losing their appea...I know what you mean about them losing their appeal. Its nice to just reserve things like this for the occasions they are meant to honor! I bet your homemade ones are fabulous! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-4450166773529293342021-04-03T14:21:41.871+01:002021-04-03T14:21:41.871+01:00Oh Marie, thank you so much for the Brownie mix re...Oh Marie, thank you so much for the Brownie mix recipe. I've seen some online, but was not sure quite which one would work in this recipe. I think I shall try both this and the Krispie Cakes with my granddaughter! She loves us cooking together virtually - she's quite the little cook which makes me so happy.<br /><br />We can't buy Hot Cross buns here, but I make my own and even the family here like them. I could make them all year, but I tend to stick to tradition and save them for Holy Week. We tend to do that with traditional foods linked to a day - I think the anticipation just increases the enjoyment once you get to eat them on that rare occasion. They would lose their appeal if we ate them all of the time.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088355577823930786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-90201603640706813852021-04-03T05:48:34.355+01:002021-04-03T05:48:34.355+01:00How lucky are we to have such lovely memories of E...How lucky are we to have such lovely memories of Easter! ?! ? Thanks for the recipe and thanks for the memories. xo,V Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981627470602830282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-78266632323235926462021-04-02T22:45:26.786+01:002021-04-02T22:45:26.786+01:00I am loving reading all of these Easter traditions...I am loving reading all of these Easter traditions J!! What fun to read about family times. WE didn't really live near family until we got a bit older because my father was in the airforce and we lived away from extended family. We tried to include family as much as we could when my own children were young, but again airforce family so very rare again. Its been bright and sunny today, albeit somewhat cool. but there are calling for rain for the next 9 days so we best enjoy the sunshine while we can! Happy Easter! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-4583585454168006152021-04-02T22:42:49.902+01:002021-04-02T22:42:49.902+01:00I have a recipe that you can make your own Brownie...I have a recipe that you can make your own Brownie Mix Marie. It might even be in my cookbook. Here is the link to the printable version: https://sites.google.com/site/oakcottagerecipes/brownie-mix<br /><br />You can cut it in half or even thirds. I have done! Love reading about your family's Easter traditions. What a fun time. I love that we each had special things that we did at Easter. Although you can pretty much buy hot cross buns all year round in the UK these days, I only ever bought them for Good Friday myself. Chicken in the old days was so much tastier. Partly because it was a rare treat and party because they were raised properly. Expensive, but incredibly tasty! Happy Easter!! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-48070878728924602402021-04-02T22:15:05.626+01:002021-04-02T22:15:05.626+01:00My siblings and I would always have a basket with ...My siblings and I would always have a basket with a choc bunny, jelly beans and choc eggs. We always got a jump rope, and a few other Spring toys too, that we would share. <br /><br />My sisters and I would get new dresses, shoes and hats to wear to church and then to our Nana's house. My brother would also get a shirt, pants…<br />Our Aunts wanted to help buy our Easter clothes bc they never had any kids of their own. <br /><br />Every Easter we would see all our aunts, uncles and cousins and have a great big lunch with plenty of desserts and choc everywhere. <br />They also got all the kids more choc to take home and $5 each. <br /><br />Then later on in the evening we would go see my Meme and Pepe, aunts, uncles and cousins on my Dad's side. In the later yrs it was just my Dad and I bc everyone was too tired and my Mom would get bad headaches from someone smoking. I went and hung out with my cousins and we wouldn't let anyone smoke in that room with us. Lol <br /><br />It feels like winter again! Sooo cold, I saw 18• last night!<br /><br />🐇Happy Easter🐰 Marie to you and all your family!xoxo<br />Stay safe, healthy and warm! <br /> Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07012803545016130390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-71452363980017554602021-04-02T14:24:30.475+01:002021-04-02T14:24:30.475+01:00These sound fabulous. Sadly they don't sell pa...These sound fabulous. Sadly they don't sell packet cake or brownie mixes here at all.<br /><br />Easter was a really big thing in my staunchly Catholic family. We had strict food restrictions all through Lent and on Good Friday. We did have Hot Cross buns, but only on Good Friday. My mother would be up with the sparrows to get the sweet, spiced yeast dough on to prove and we were greeted with freshly baked and glazed Hot Cross Buns for breakfast. That was the only day of the year we ate them.<br /><br />We all went on an Easter Egg hunt on Easter Sunday morning before church. My mother had dyed feathers (we all had our own colour) and we followed the trail and clues for our particular colour until we found where the Easter Bunny had hidden our stash. We generally got a chocolate rabbit and an Easter egg in a box surrounded by chocolates. One year we also got a pretty sugar egg with our names piped on them.<br /><br />For Easter Sunday lunch we had roast chicken with all the trimmings. It was the one and only time in the year that we got to eat chicken. Mum would stuff them, then press butter under the skin, truss them and as they cooked, baste them carefully. That smell of roasting chicken and potatoes was heaven to me. People eat chicken regularly these days, but back then before the advent of factory farming, chicken was a rare and expensive treat. Dessert was always a Simnel Cake.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088355577823930786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-13410186122300289142021-04-02T13:53:02.373+01:002021-04-02T13:53:02.373+01:00I bet that was really cute and I am sure you have ...I bet that was really cute and I am sure you have oodles of fun decorating the bowtie! Happy Easter Raquel! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-24561310679436853892021-04-02T13:52:28.746+01:002021-04-02T13:52:28.746+01:00Oh, I loved reading about your Easter Traditions E...Oh, I loved reading about your Easter Traditions Elaine! I have never had a Laura Secord Rabbit. Mom would get us the solid bunnies she could find. Probably not the finest chocolate, but really, as children, we didn't care. It was CANDY! haha To this day I still love the smell of a fresh box of crayons! So good. Also Easter Sunday was when the knee socks went on! Cold or not! Happy Easter and thanks for sharing your sweet memories! Love and hugs, xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-17406921731604421632021-04-02T13:25:39.176+01:002021-04-02T13:25:39.176+01:00My mom would always make us a bunny cake. You use...My mom would always make us a bunny cake. You use one 8 or 9 inch round for his head and then the other was cut into his ears and a bowtie. Chocolate cake I seem to recall, and covered in buttercream icing and coconut. I always got to decorate the bowtie. Such fun!Raquelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926021350441597268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-48946052735931377642021-04-02T10:37:10.508+01:002021-04-02T10:37:10.508+01:00Loved hearing about your Easter traditions as a ch...Loved hearing about your Easter traditions as a child, Marie. My brother and I each received a Laura Secord rabbit. One year he ate his and then broke the ears off mine. I was not a hsppy camper! My sister who was 3 years older got a large Laura Secord egg. We used to get colouring books and new boxes of crayons. Didn't a new box of crayons smell good? We always had ham and scalloped potatoes for dinner. We almost always went to church. Patent leather shoes and white gloves de rigeur as was a pretty hat. Dessert was often pineapple-upside-down cake. Lovely memories. Love and hugs, ElaineElaine in Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02019377474247631541noreply@blogger.com