Beeswax collages, peanut butter eggs and spring!

Happy Saturday everyone! I bet you are getting ready for Easter tomorrow! Lots of things to do! It's a windy but bright and sunny day here in Pennsylvania today. The grass is getting greener, the birds are singing, the sky is oh so blue....just a beautiful day. I'm cooking Easter dinner tomorrow but I went to the grocery store early yesterday morning to get everything so today I can play! Gary and I will go to his mom and dads for lunch to have Easter pizza, it's an Italian tradition. No it's not like the regular pizza you're thinking of.....it has a top and bottom crust that is a cross between pie crust and pizza crust and the filling is a mixture of eggs, romano cheese and pieces of ham which has been baked. It is sooooooooo delicious and I look forward to it every year!!!!!

I've been so inspired by spring this year, (probably because it was such a hard winter) that I created these beeswax collages which I just listed on Ebay.

The Lavendar Spring Fairy Collage

Blessed in a Nest Collage

Rabbit & Moon Collage

Nanny's Peanut Butter Eggs

Lastly, I'm going to leave you with the recipe for my mom's peanut Butter eggs. They are soooo good and I post it every year. Very easy to make and even easier to eat! Enjoy!

Nanny's Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Egg Recipe

Melt 2 sticks of margarine in the microwave and let cool. In a large bowl add 2 cups of smooth peanut butter, and 1 lb. of powdered sugar and begin to beat with an electric mixer. Slowly add melted margarine (you might not need all of it so don't get wild and crazy and just dump it!), into the peanut butter and powdered sugar mixture. Mix until it holds together when you form an egg shape. Now's the time to use some problem solving skills......if it's too crumbly, then add more margarine; if it is too sticky then add more powdered sugar. Cover a cookie sheet with waxed paper, form into egg shapes......your choice...tiny (bite sized), medium (just enough) or the super honkin' egg size as big as your face (warning: eat all of this size of egg and YOU WILL HAVE A TUMMY ACHE!). Place on waxed paper and put in fridge for about an hour. Melt a chunk of chocolate in the microwave and dunk the egg into it. Spoon additional melted chocolate on top of it and place back on waxed paper and place back into the fridge to chill. These are rustic looking eggs, not perfect looking but delicious! Mom gets her chunks of chocolate at Giant Eagle in the produce section of the store. It's about $4.50 a lb and you'll need about 2.5 lbs of it to cover 20, 4 inch eggs. Store in a zip-lock bag and keep in the fridge.

Nanny's Peanut Butter Egg Recipe

My mom makes the most wickedly awesome chocolate covered peanut butter Easter eggs you have ever put in your mouth. They are soooooooth and creamy inside. The best way to eat one is straight out of the fridge! I'm sharing the recipe for them with you because something this good needs to be shared! Enjoy!!!!!

Nanny's Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs
Melt 1lb of margarine in the microwave and let cool.
In a large bowl add 2 cups of smooth peanut butter, and 1 lb. of powdered sugar and begin to beat with an electric mixer. Slowly add melted margarine (you might not need all of it so don't get wild and crazy and just dump it!), into the peanutbutter and powdered sugar mixture. Mix until it holds together when you form an egg shape. Now's the time to use some problem solving skills......if it's too crumbly, then add more margarine; if it is too sticky then add more powdered sugar. Cover a cookie sheet with waxed paper, form into egg shapes......your choice...tiny (bite sized), medium (just enough) or the super honkin' egg size as big as your face (eat all of this size of egg and YOU WILL BE SICK!). Place on waxed paper and put in fridge for about an hour.
Melt a chunk of chocolate in the microwave and dunk the egg into it. Spoon additional melted chocolate on top of it and place back on waxed paper and place back into the fridge to chill. Store in a zip-lock bag and keep in the fridge.