Easter Egg Nests
Cookies
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 to 4 drops yellow food
color
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups flaked coconut
36 jelly beans
1.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2.
Coat cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
3.
In a medium bowl, beat the sugar, egg, vanilla, and food color until well
blended.
4.
Beat in the flour until smooth.
5.
Fold in the coconut.
6.
Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheets.
7.
Flour your thumb.
8.
Press an indentation into the center of each cookie to create a nest.
9.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are golden.
10.Remove
from the oven.
11.Gently
push 2 jelly beans into each nest.
12.Let
the nests cool slightly on the cookie sheets.
13.Remove
to wire racks to cool completely.
14.Store
in airtight containers.
Yields
about 18 small nests
