Wildkraut's Easter nests made from shortcrust pastry

Ingredients for 24 servings:

• 500 g flour
• 150 g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 250 g margarine
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 bag(s) flavoring (orange sugar)
• Food coloring, green
• 2 bags of sugar – eggs
• 150 g powdered sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 5 minutes

as a gift or as decoration for the Easter table (1 piece / person)

Quickly knead the flour, sugar, eggs, margarine, and salt into a smooth dough, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for about 1 hour. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to a thickness of about 5 mm and cut out circles about 10 cm in diameter. Press these circles into buttered, shallow muffin tins (about 24). Color the remaining dough with green food coloring, press it through a garlic press, and place it in the nests to form grass, leaving space for the sugar eggs. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) for about 15-20 minutes. Once cooled, remove the nests from the tins and mix the powdered sugar with a little water and green food coloring to form a thick glaze, then use it to “glue” the eggs into the nests. It looks beautiful on the Easter table and also makes a great small gift. You can, of course, use chocolate eggs or something similar instead of the sugar eggs.