Homemade Peanut Butter Eggs Recipe 

Mama made peanut butter Easter eggs for years. She covered them in icing with our names and bunnies and flowers. This chocolate-dipped delight brings back good times.

Ingredient

– 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar – 1 cup creamy peanut butter – ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened – 1 tablespoon milk – 8 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, cut into 1/2-inch chunk – 1 tablespoon shortening

Direction

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Cream butter, peanut butter, and confectioners' sugar in a large bowl. Add milk if necessary. Half the ingredients yield two large eggs. Freeze eggs on wax paper for one hour.

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2

Mix chocolate and shortening in a double boiler over simmering water when eggs are almost done. Stir often over medium heat until smooth. 

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3

Unfreeze eggs. Put a long-tined fork in an egg, dip it in melted chocolate, and return it to the waxed paper. Dip remaining egg. Decorate you want.

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