Thread: What home made treats do you make your kids on a special ocassion?

Help! you see its easter and i have trouble what to make my kids in every special ocasion like christmas. if you have any ideas please help.

for my nephew ive always makes some malai choco pudding
recipes of cabbage pratha
Ingredients:-

1/4 cabbage (grated)
2 cups of wheat flour
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1/4 tsp Turmeric
1 tbsp ginger- chilli paste
1 tsp Coriander Powder
coriander leaves handful , chopped finely
Oil to fry
Salt to taste


Method:-

1. Take the wheat flour in a bowl, add 1 tsp of oil and mix.

2. Add the grated cabbage, ginger-green chilli paste garam masala, coriander powder,turmeric ,coriander leaves & salt to the wheat flour.

3. Knead & make a dough by adding small amount of water as needed. Don't add too much of water as cabbage will leave some water.You can add more flour if needed. The dough should neither be too hard nor too soft. It should be soft enough to make balls .

4. Make small balls and roll them into round parathas.

5. Heat tawa / Griddle and fry parathas on both sides on a Tawa by adding little oil to it till both sides turn golden.

Serve hot with pickles or curd. or try this link

http://momrecipies.blogspot.com/2010/06/cabbage-paratha.html
http://momrecipies.blogspot.com/2010/05/chocolate-chip-muffins.html

I usually make rice krispie treats! They are easy and kids love them! Just get a box of rice krispies and you can find out how to make them on the box!

Little bird nests made from rice krispies and marshmallows filled with jelly bean eggs or chocolate eggs and tinted coconut Butter cookies cut out with egg and/or bunny cutters decorated with thinned and lightly colored icing (powdered sugar and small amount of milk & a drop or 2 or coloring) pound cake made with real butter baked in Easter bunny or lamb pan decorated with buttercream icing use tinted coconut and jelly bean eggs all around bottom or make cupcakes decorate with Easter candies or and/or coconut Can also make the nests with chow mein noodles peanut butter ,some use marshmallows chocolate or butterscotch morsels In your home page search bar type in easter bird nest recipe many will come up also type in rice krispie bird nests recipes can make even make filled easter eggs and other Easter treats at the rice krispie website on left hand side there are several Easter recipes

I like to make red velvet cake cones with cream cheese topping!

1 1/4 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 stick butter
2 eggs
1/3 cup veggie oil
1/2 buttermilk
2 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbls red food coloring
box of jumbo cones

Preheat oven to 350'
Blend flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda. Set aside. Mix sugar and butter well. Add eggs one at a time. Add oil. Add vinegar and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture. Add coloring. Spoon into cones 3/4 of the way full. Put cones standing up in cupcake baking tray. cook for 30 min.

Cream cheese frosting

8 oz cream cheese
1 stick butter

Blend
Add 2 tsp vanilla extract then 4 cups confectioners sugar

*to make chocolate change to 1 tsp vanilla, 3 cups confectioners sugar and 1 cup double boiled semi sweet chocolate chips*

pie crust cookies - use a store pie crust you can roll out - generously spead softened butter on it, sprinkle with mixture of sugar and cinnamon, maybe chopped nuts and raisins if you like - start at edge and roll up dough - slice into bite size pieces and place on cookie sheet - bake in oven using pie crust directions - eat warm - yummy (lightly grease pan)