Easter Eggs
tnn.foods.recipes/Lise Peter (2000)

2/3 cup sweet condensed milk (other recipe follows using the rest of the condensed milk)
1/2 cup butter at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 lbs confectioner's sugar put through a sieve (5 1/2 cups)
1/2 lb semi-sweet chocolate
1/3-1/2 sheet of paraffin wax (food grade)

Cream the butter add salt and vanilla. Add the condensed sweet milk and knead until real smooth adding the sugar little at a time.

Knead until real smooth but not sticky.

Separate 1/3 of the fondant and add a few yellow or orange drops of food coloring to taste. Knead that little bit of fondant until the color is very well blended. Make 10 little balls and put aside.

Separate the other portion in 1o equal balls as well.

Flatten each one and mold around 1 yellow or orange ball shaping them into an egg.

Set each on a cookie sheet that you have covered with a wax paper so the eggs will not stick to it. Freeze the eggs until you are ready to coat them...a few hours work best or even overnight I find.

In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and the wax, mix well and put aside from the fire.

Dip half the eggs in the chocolate and set back on the wax paper on the cookie sheet.

Dip the other half

You might find that a kitchen type of pliers will help or a fork.

DECORATION

2 egg white at room temperature (pasteurized or reconstituted dried)
2 1/4 cups confectioner's sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Beat at least 5 min. until a very thick consistency. During decorating time, keep covered with a damp cloth so the preparation will not harden on you.

Bonbons Divinite

1/3 cup of the left over condensed sweet milk from the Easter Eggs.
18 large marshmallow or 1 1/2 cups of miniature marshmallows
1 1/2 cup of icing sugar sieved
1 1/2 cup coconut
1/2 tsp vanilla

On top of a doubled boiler, put the condensed milk, and the marshmallow. Heat as you stir until smooth. Pull away from heat, add the icing sugar, the coconut and the vanilla.

Mix well, the preparation will harden, drop by the spoonful onto a wax paper. Cool.