Hard Boiled Beauties

Me and e and r had some friends over and colored some eggs.
It was awesome.
Boiled up a bunch of water.
Put 1 tsp of distilled white vinegar in each cup with drops of food coloring to make every color of the rainbow.
Add 1/2 C boiling water to each cup of color/vinegar mix.
My mama friend brought over two dozen brown eggs. White ones are hard to find where we live.
Turns out, the brown ones turned out gorgeous.
Used a tea diffuser to dunk and scoop the eggs.
Who needs one of those kits?
Chances are, you have everything you need right in your kitchen already.
We used a white crayon and did some fun doodles before dipping.
Each egg took 1-5 minutes per dye cup.
Longer dipping time equals more intense color.
Have fun!
Hoppy Easter!
xo
Ann

Hot. Fudge. Pie.

I made another pie. What a surprise.
It's amazing what nursing a kid full time does to your appetite for sweets.
The moment I weaned e, I stopped baking altogether. AND I was pregnant at the time! Never had a sweet tooth before and I'm praying it will go away when r weans. Alas, we shall see.
So, here we are, after an epic fail on trying to get r to sleep in his crib, in his room, in his own, last night.
He. Nursed. All. Night.
Just to punish me.
Which brings us to my voracious appetite for something cocoa-tastic today.
After an especially stimulating playgroup with e & r, we came home and I decided to whip up something wholesome. So I made hot fudge pie.
Don't worry, I didn't share it with the kids.
Preheat oven to 350
Melt 4oz of butter with 1 1/2 squares of unsweetened baking chocolate
Beat two eggs
Add 3/4 C sugar to eggs, stir well
Add butter chocolate melty goodness to sugary eggs
Add 2 TB milk
Add 1 tsp vanilla extract
Add 1/4 C all purpose flour
Stir ever so gently
Pour into buttered ceramic or glass pie dish
Bake for 20-25 minutes
Hide from children.
Enjoy.