1880s
Grandmother Peeper writes:
Easter is tomorra, sos the children and me made the family some cinnamon rolls ta look like bunny heads. First off, we took a portion a bread dough and mixed in a tish a cinnamon. Next,we shaped a head and pinched off a little more dough ta make two long ears each. Then I baked 'um in the oven, watching sos they didn't burn. We iced 'um with vanilla frosting and added raisins for two button eyes and one nose. They was very popular and there's none left! Next year, we'll make two batches for all them hungry youngin's a ours.
More important than bunny buns, is Easter and that our Lord raised hisself up. It's a miracle and we're all blessed because he dun that for us. Thank you, Jesus! I'm pretty old, so I'll be aseein' ya soon!
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Fernandina, Amelia Island, Florida
2014
Jane Marie writes:
Peeper, your bunny buns sounded so yummy, granddaughter, Ava, and I made some of our own. In our time, we are very spoiled, so I didn't have to go to all the effort to make bread dough from scratch like you did. These days, you can go to the grocery and purchase a sleeve of dough with cinnamon already mixed in. We sprayed a cookie sheet with non-stick spray, formed the bunny heads and ears, baked them for about 10 minutes at 400 degrees, I think it was, and frosted them with the icing that came with the dough. We didn't have any raisins on hand so we used peanuts for the eyes and nose. Of course, some people who are allergic to peanuts should just leave the bunnies faceless. They taste swell either way.
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| raw bunny buns - before |
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| baked bunny buns - after |
Happy Easter to you and the Dunnigans, the Duffys and Mrs. Ickles and Aunt Noreen, in particular. The good Lord teaches us to pray for everyone, including the most difficult of people. Sometimes it's a challenge, but then it's nothing compared to what He did for us. May we all remember the meaning of Easter, the same as our parents, and their parents before them. Let us carry on their faith, which is now ours.
P.S. I also saw similar bunny heads on Pinterest. I guess good ideas are not restricted to particular centuries...(Grandmother Peeper is just one of the beloved characters from Amelia Island's Goodbye Lie Trilogy set in 1880s - available at www.GraciousJaneMarie.com , through www.Amazon.com and all bookseller outlets.)
