Egyptian recipes: Egyptian Easter Pie

 I like to play. One of the funny things I like to do since a was a little child is colouirng eggs in Easter.  Here are some tips for using natural things to colour eggs, and a vdeo is here also to show you other tips.

• To get a bluish purple colour, you need to boil some Hibiscus leaves in water for 2 mniutes.  
• To get yellow colour Boil onion skin in water for 20 minute.
• To get green colour mince parsely and boil it n water for 20 minutes.
•  To get brown colour, boil tea for 5 minutes.

You can cook eggs in the coloured water separately for 10 minutes then let them cool down. You can then arrange them in a basket.

1 kg "2 pounds" flour

2 tbsp yeast

3/4 cup warm water

2 tbsp granulated sugar

1/2 cup tbsp sugar and 1 egg for decoration

8 egg

some salt

300g (3/4 pound) butter at room temp

4 tbsp oil

1/2 cup milk

Coloured eggs

• Stir yeast and warm water "Not hot" and 1 tsp sugar
• In a mixer put flour, oil and milk. mix them slowly for a while then add some salt.
• Add the 8 eggs one by one till you put them all
• Now add pieces of butter and keep mixing
• Pour dissolved yeast and keep mixing
• You can add more flour if it's loose
• Leave the dough in a bowl and cover it for 30 minutes
• Cut the dough into small pieces and shape it into bunnies or any other shape you like
• decorate with coloured boiled eggs
• Beat the egg and brush the pies then put some sugar on top
• Bake in 330^o F for 30 minutes

 If you need tips and tricks for cooking and using eggs go this hubpage.