Easter special recipe that the kids would surely love!

INGREDIENTS

1 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 cup margarine or butter, cut up
4 cups bread flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1-1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast or bread machine yeast

1 slightly beaten egg white
1 tablespoon water

DIRECTIONS

• Put the first set of ingredients into a bread machine pan in the order recommended in the manual.
• Choose the Dough cycle.
• Invert dough on a clean surface and deflate. Cover and let it sit for 10 minutes.
• Roll dough on a lightly floured surface. Shape it into a 14 x 12-inch rectangle. Cut lengthwise into 23 pieces of 14-inch long strips with half inch wide. Set aside 2 strips to use as tails. Roll the rest of the strips into smooth ropes.
• Work on lightly greased baking sheets. Cross an end of one rope to another, forming a loop. Let it overlap by 2 inches at the end. Twist each ends where the dough overlaps. Point the ends for the ears.
• Take the small portions of the remaining strips and shape into smooth balls, forming the tails. Top this over the dough, placing them at the bottom of each loop.
• Cover and let it double in a warm place, resting for about 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk egg white with water. Brush this over the rabbit dough pieces.Place them into the oven and bake at 375 degrees F for about 10 minutes. Set aside over wire racks and serve warm.
• Makes 21 pieces.