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April

 
Shredded Wheat Easter Nests

What you will need:
• 115g milk chocolate broken in pieces
• 50g of butter or block margarine cut small
• 3 shredded wheat, crushed
• mini chocolate eggs

Cooking the Shredded Wheat Easter Nests

What you need to do:

1. First fasten a sheet of non-stick baking paper (with butter at each corner) to a flat tray or baking sheet.

2. Put the chocolate and butter (or marg) into a roomy bowl.
 

Cooking the Shredded Wheat Easter Nests

3. Melt in a microwave or over a pan of simmering water.

4. Do not allow the mixture to get too hot. Stir in the crushed shredded wheat.

5. When all the shreds are covered in chocolate, take a teaspoon and spoon out little mounds straight on to the non-stick paper.
 

Cooking the Shredded Wheat Easter Nests

6. Shape each mound roughly into a nest. Drop three eggs into each nest while the chocolate is still wet.

7. Allow to cool, then store in a tin until needed.

 

Cooking the Shredded Wheat Easter Nests

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