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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Easter Recipes

    A fun Easter Brunch Idea - Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs

    Published: Apr 11, '14 · Modified: Dec 22, '17 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    Sponsored by #Ore-IdaHashBrown

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    I have such wonderful memories of Easters together with my family, but really miss the kids being young. Gone are the days of coloring and hunting for Easter eggs, painting chocolate bunnies together, and being silly and fun.I figure just because the kids are grown, doesn't mean I can't add a touch of whimsy to our Easter brunch. Everyone in my family expects it from me these days, so they wont be surprised that I turned some Ore-Ida Shredded Hash Brown Potatoes, into these colorfully festive Hash Brown Potato Fritter Easter Eggs.

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes! Sponsored by #Ore-IdaHashBrown

    They might, however, be surprised when I have them decorate the potato fritter eggs themselves. My plan is to make the fritters the day before Easter, re-heat them just before we sit down to brunch, and have squeeze bottles filled with colored sour cream on the table. Except for a few of the fuddy duds in my family, we have quite a creative bunch, so I'm hoping they enjoy decorating a different kind of Easter egg this year.

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    I loved that when I went to buy my bag of Ore-Ida Shredded Hash Brown Potatoes at Walmart, the top of the freezer case was lined with Easter Baskets. My eggs may not make their way into any baskets, but they definitely will brighten up our table this Easter.

    Are you planning to make anything festive for Easter? Be sure to snap some pictures and send them to me so I can share them in my Readers' Gallery.

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs

    Ingredients:

    1 cup sour cream
    gel, powder, or paste food coloring
    2 cups Ore-Ida Shredded Hash Brown Potatoes
    1 small zucchini, shredded
    1 whole carrot, shredded
    2 tablespoons finely chopped yellow bell pepper
    1 shallot, finely chopped
    1 ¼ teaspoons salt
    â…“ cup flour
    2 large eggs
    â…“ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
    1 cup oil for frying

    Supplies Needed:

    squeeze-it mold painter (small squeeze bottles) or small zip top bags
    salad spinner or strainer
    egg shaped cookie cutter*
    non-stick cooking spray
    spatula
    non-stick frying pan
    tongs

    *Any size egg cookie cutter will work. I used a 3 x 3 ¾ inch cutter and made 10 Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs out of one recipe. They were large enough to be a single serving.

    Instructions:

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    Color small amount of sour cream with bright Easter colors. Put colored sour cream in squeeze bottles or zip top bags and refrigerate until needed.

    Don't use liquid food coloring as it will make the sour cream too runny. Be sure to use gel, powder, or paste coloring.

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    Toss together Ore-Ida Shredded Hash Brown Potatoes with the shredded zucchini, carrot, yellow pepper, shallot and salt. Allow it to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes. Some of the liquid will begin to drain off the vegetables.

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    If using a salad spinner, spin the vegetables to remove the excess liquid. If not, pour them onto paper towels and squeeze the liquid out of the vegetables. I actually did both steps just to be sure I had all the liquid removed.

    Stir in the flour, eggs, and cheese.

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    Heat oil in non-stick fry pan until it reaches about 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

    Spray your egg shaped cookie cutter well with cooking spray. Set it on top of your spatula. Spoon some of the fritter batter into the cutter, press it down into a ¼ inch thick layer. The amount you use will depend on the size of your cutter. I used about 2 tablespoons for mine.

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    Pick up your spatula, bring it to the pan, use tongs to slide the cookie cutter and batter into the hot oil. Be careful you don't touch the oil.

    After the fritter begins to brown on the bottom, lift the cookie cutter off using tongs. You may need to press around the edges with spoon or knife to get it to lift off. Sometimes they stick.

    When the bottoms are nicely browned, flip them over. Fry until cooked through and golden brown.

    I suggest you clean the cutter in between each fritter and re-spray it with more cooking spray. Then the fritters should slide right out of the cutter.

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    Drain on a paper towel. You can serve these right away, or refrigerate for a day or two then re-heat in a 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes before serving.

    Not much is better than eating all the delicious food on Easter! I am so excited to give you A fun Easter Brunch Idea that will turn your family get together into a festive one! These Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs are a delicious side to compliment all of your other amazing dishes!

    Use the colored sour cream to decorate your Hash Brown Fritter Easter Eggs. I loved using the squeeze bottle, but the zip top bags worked well too.

    If you are going to serve these for Easter brunch and have the kids decorate them at the table, I suggest using the bottles. It's neater and little hands will have an easy time with the small round bottles.I was compensated for creating this recipe post using Ore-Ida Shredded Hash Brown Potatoes that I purchased at Walmart, but all opinions here are my own.

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    1. Laurie

      April 22, 2014 at 1:15 am

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    2. Summer @ Banana Hammocks & Tutus

      April 18, 2014 at 9:45 pm

      OK so THIS looks like fun. We decorated eggs this morning and I was like, "When was this EVER fun?!". Mainly because my youngest two are 3 and 4 and they still don't "get" the white crayon on the egg thing, and my eldest will be 13 soon and he wasn't even remotely interested in helping decorate. THIS? This would be fun. Mine would just have an enormous pile of sour cream on it because that's how I roll, but my kids would probably actually enjoy decorating them. BOOKMARK! 🙂 Plus, this recipe with the Ore-Ida Shredded Hash Brown Potatoes is such a fantastic idea for a gluten-free dish for Easter. #client

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      • beth

        April 24, 2014 at 12:46 am

        My Easter Egg fritters were a huge hit. It was fun to decorate them at the table. We don't have any young kids in the family, mostly teens and young adults, so everyone did a pretty good job decorating their eggs. I think even young kids leaving big blobs of sour cream on their eggs could have fun with this recipe:)

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    3. Alicia Peiffer

      April 17, 2014 at 7:45 pm

      Wow! Those Easter eggs are so fun! My boys would have a ball decorating them. Kudos to you for creating a recipe that will keep little kids occupied at the table 🙂 #client

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      • beth

        April 18, 2014 at 1:31 am

        Thanks, Alicia. I agree. I think kids will have a blast making these for Easter.

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    4. Carrie at Kenarry Ideas for the Home

      April 17, 2014 at 12:35 am

      What a clever idea to decorate hash browns with colored sour cream for Easter! This would be so fun for a festive brunch. Pinning!

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      • beth

        April 18, 2014 at 1:30 am

        Thanks, Carrie. I love adding a touch of whimsy to my Easter meal.

        Reply
    5. Danielle Doerr

      April 12, 2014 at 2:11 pm

      This is GENIUS! I love how you colored the sour cream!

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      • beth

        April 18, 2014 at 1:30 am

        Thanks so much, Danielle!

        Reply
    6. Lisa@hooplapalooza

      April 11, 2014 at 12:47 pm

      you're so fun and creative Beth! i would have never thought to decorate hash browns for Easter! they sure look yummy too 🙂

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      • beth

        April 18, 2014 at 1:30 am

        Thanks, Lisa. This was a really fun project to make.

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