The GOODY BASKET
Tasty desert bar recipes, including Easter brownies, toffee bars, Mackinaw Island fudge, caramel turtles.
MOTHER'S KITCHEN
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by Mary Karenou
The worst Easter I ever experienced was when my mother hid
my Easter basket in the planter. Shaped like a
double-measure jigger, my mother's fern sat proudly on top
of it and, well, nothing usually sat under the planter
— until that Easter Sunday.
After hours of exhaustive searching and frustration, I was
in tears as I ran around the house for what seemed like the
millionth time, resorting to such desperate measures as
looking inside boots. Taking pity on me — a
sympathetic gesture, as I fancied myself to be a
varsity-level Easter-basket hunter and was quite cocky
about the whole matter — my mother played hot and
cold until I finally had no other choice than to lift the
planter and discover my basket sitting pretty in the lower
half.
We learned two important lessons:
never overestimate the frustration
level of your child or the quality of
store-bought treats when creating
the ultimate goody basket.
After spending the better part of the morning near the
floor heaters, my chocolate bunny resembled fondue, and the
jelly beans had melted into a technicolor ooze that all but
caulked the cracks of the basket's rattan. The only
standing survivors of my Three Mile Island basket were the
mallow chicks, confections so resilient they could probably
survive a full-scale nuclear meltdown.
Anyway, we learned two important lessons that Easter: One
is never overestimate the frustration level of your child
(although I'm sure my mother got a slight kick out of
reducing this overly-confident nine-year-old to a
foot-stamping, red-eyed teary mess in a dress), and two,
never overestimate the quality of store-bought treats when
creating the ultimate goody basket.
Granted, most people don't take Easter baskets quite as
seriously as we did, but the following recipes are not only
refreshing alternatives to the usual splendor in the grass,
they're guaranteed to last hours under a planter.