Fruit Bunny

Ingredients:
• 3 green apples, peeled and sliced
• 2 unpeeled red apples, sliced
• 4 large firm bananas, peeled
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 2 slices kiwifruit (1/2 inch thick)
• 1 maraschino cherry
• 2 cans (11 ounces each) mandarin oranges, drained
• 9 seedless green grapes
• 1 stick black licorice, cut lengthwise into 1/8-inch strips

Directions:
• Toss apples and bananas with lemon juice.
• In the center of a large serving platter or 16-in. x 12-in. baking sheet covered with freezer paper, layer green apples in an 8-in. circle to make bunny's head.
• For eyes, place kiwi slices on top half of head about 1 in. apart.
• Place cherry in center of face for nose.
• For each ear, place two whole bananas together with only tips touching.
• Place red apples in center of ears with peel showing.
• For bow tie, form a 3-in. circle with oranges centered under head and two 4-in. triangles on each side of circle.
• Place grapes on oranges to make polka dots.
• Just before serving cut licorice into seven 3-in. strips and seven 1-1/2-in. strips, place three 3-in. strips on each side of cherry for whiskers. Bend the remaining 3-in. strip into a semicircle and place 1-1/2 in. below nose for mouth. Connect nose to mouth with one 1-1/2-in. strip. For eyelashes, place three 1-1/2-in. strip. For eyelashes, place three 1-1/2-in. strips above each eye. Carefully slice bananas into 1-in. chunks.

Happy Easter
Enjoy!

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