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Another delicious recipe from my friend (and pro chef), Lorrie!

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*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*

Monster Mash Cookies

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

As a trained chef it’s easy to come up with new and exciting ways to enjoy food… but sometimes I have to do some searching to find just what I want.  I discovered this recipe last year while looking for something a little special for my son and I to make together.  Something that was easy to make, quick, fairly healthy and that he would enjoy. These seem to fit the bill and they went over famously.

Now that Thanksgiving is over here in Canada I’m now turning my attention to Halloween and the fun my son and I can have together.  As a homeschool mom, I’m always looking for fun ways to have my child learn.  Reading recipes, measuring ingredients and creating great food and fun treats is one of the best ways to learn, reading, math, science and… FUN!

This year will be an afternoon of decorating outside and baking cookies to enjoy with friends.

Here’s a monster-sized recipe for some Monster Mash Cookies.  They are great to make for Halloween party, or to take to school, or in our case share with the neighborhood kids!

INGREDIENTS

1 cup sweet butter, softened
1 1/2 lbs peanut butter
1 lb light brown sugar
2 cups sugar
1 Tbsp. corn syrup
2 tsp. vanilla
4 tsp. baking soda
6 large eggs
1 cup peanuts
1 1/1 lbs semi-sweet chocolate pieces
9 cups rolled oatmeal

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350ºF

STEP 1 – In a large mixing bowl, stir the butter and peanut butter together.
STEP 2 – Add the brown sugar, sugar corn syrup vanilla and the baking soda.

STEP 3 – Break all the eggs into the small mixing bowl and beat them with a fork until they are light and lemon-coloured.
STEP 4 – Now add them to the dough in the large mixing bowl.
STEP 5 – Mix well.

STEP 6 – Mix peanuts, chocolate pieces and rolled oats into the dough.  The dough will be very stiff so you will have to finish mixing it with your hands.

STEP 7 – Drop heaping tablespoons of the mixture onto the baking sheets about 2″ apart.
STEP 8 – Bake for 10 minutes.  The cookies will be soft when they first come out.
Makes about 40-50 monster-sized cookies.

COMPANY INFORMATION – Pine Glen Designs

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With three very different people designing for us our designs include many very different ideas.

Since Pine Glen Designs’ designers met through Angel Quilt Project, we naturally started out with Angel Charts; you will find many of these. We have since branched out to our personal interests and this has lead to such things as, cute sayings, dragons, poems, scripture quotes and other sayings, along with seasonal ideas, animals and flowers, snowflakes, doilies, quilt conversions and yes even quilts.

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An easy hot sandwich option for cool, crisp Autumn weekends!

Tink

*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

INGREDIENTS

Frozen meatballs
Hoagie rolls
Cheese slices
BBQ sauce or your favorite marinara sauce

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 – Cook meatballs in a crock pot with BBQ or whatever sauce you like the morning of the game.
STEP 2 – Bring warm crock pot to the tailgate (the meatballs will remain hot).
STEP 3 – Then all you need to do is toast the hoagie rolls on your grill with some cheese.

COMPANY INFORMATION – Kreinik

Kreinik is a family-owned business that started in Jerry and Estelle Kreinik’s home in early 1970s. Estelle was a needleworker, who basically wanted access to more interesting threads. So they started researching, buying, and then making them. Today Kreinik is owned by their son Doug, and the company makes a variety of silk and metallic threads for needleworkers, crafters, scrapbookers, quilters, fiber artists, fly fishermen, even fashion houses, to express their creative selves. The manufacturing facility & customer service offices are located in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

A southern classic!

Tink

*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*

Pralines

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

These are very easy southern pralines. In Texas they are called “pray-leans” in New Orleans they are called “praw-leans”. However you say it they are great Halloween treats especially for the adult ghosts and goblins.

INGREDIENTS

3/4 stick butter
5 Tbls milk
1/4 cup Karo syrup
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 – Combine in medium saucepan.
STEP 2 – Bring to a boil and cook 1 minute.
STEP 3 – Remove from heat and add:
2 cups pecan pieces and 1 tsp vanilla.
STEP 4 – Beat until almost stiff and drop on waxed paper.

COMPANY INFORMATION – Calico Carriage Quilt Designs

At Calico Carriage Quilt Designs we specialize in traditional-style quilt designs that are made with our easy, accurate No Diamonds/No “Y” Seams technique! This deceptively simple technique results in surprisingly complicated looking quilt designs. All of the diamond designs are based on a square and its companion half-square triangle, so there are no fussy bias edges and all of the quilt assembly is done with straight-line sewing. Debbie travels the country teaching this method to quilters with all skill levels and they LOVE it. We also have books and patterns based on component sewing for those big bold graphic prints. 38 patterns and books for your sewing pleasure.

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I have to admit, my friend Jen is a bit kookie! Take a look at her offering for the Halloween Countdown!

Tink

*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*

Finger Food

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

A few years ago (all right, maybe more than a few), I crafted a Halloween costume article
for a Web site. I spent several weeks cutting and gluing paper, hunting for lost scissors,
washing paint out of my hair, begging for scrap cardboard from every store in town, and
scavenging in thrift stores as I designed costumes.

One of my favorite angles for costume ideas was wordplay, specifically, literal
interpretations of names, titles, sayings, etc. For instance, taking the title Paradise
Lost literally, we wind up with a pair of dice scratching their heads over a map–a pair of
dice that are lost. Frankenstein would be a hotdog in a beer mug (frank in stein).

Here, we interpret “finger food” literally for a yummy yukky treat.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla
2 2/3 cups Flour
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup almonds, whole blanched

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 – Beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond extract, and vanilla.
STEP 2 – Add flour and salt.
STEP 3 – Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
STEP 4 – Divide dough into quarters, and put three back in the fridge.
STEP 5 – Roll a small handful (heaping tablespoon) of dough into finger shape (a short
snake or tube shape). Press almond into one end for a fingernail. Squeeze gently on either
side of the center point to create a bulging knuckle in the middle of the finger. Use a
sharp knife to make shallow cuts on the knuckle to create skin folds.
STEP 6 – Bake in 325F oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Let cool for 3 minutes.
STEP 7 – Remove from baking sheets and let cool on racks.
STEP 8 (optional) – Add red decorating gel for bloody gashes or bleeding nails.

Enjoy your finger food!

COMPANY INFORMATION – Funk And Weber

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A good, wheat free recipe for an old favorite!

Tink

*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*

Chocolate Chip Cookies

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

My youngest son, Trey has severe food allergies so trick or treating has always been a challenge to say the least.  We still allow him to go trick or treating for a short time but always make sure that we are with him and control the candy he gets/eats.  Since he can not have must of the candy we always make sure that he has a special treat at home.  We found this recipe that is safe for him to eat and he loves to help mom mix up the ingredients.  I hope that you enjoy the cookies as much as we enjoy making (and eating of course!) them.

Karen Timothy
Wasatch Needlecraft

INGREDIENTS

1 3/4 cups oat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup canola oil *or* melted margarine
1 Tablespoon flax meal
1/4 cup soy milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 F.
STEP 1 – Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
STEP 2 – In a small mixing bowl, whisk together flax meal and soymilk. Add sugar and stir, add oil and vanilla and whisk vigorously until all ingredients are emulsified (about a minute).
STEP 3 – Mix wet ingredients into dry, fold in chocolate chips.
STEP 4 – Drop batter by the tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheet, leaving and 1 1/2 inches of space in between cookies.
STEP 5 – Bake for 10 -12 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for a bit (5 minutes). Using a spatula, put them on a cooling rack or plate to cool the rest of the way.

COMPANY INFORMATION – Wasatch Needlecraft

Wasatch Needlecraft is a new a online store where we are dedicated to offer premier customer service, fast shipping at fair prices and superior needlework supplies. We are located at the base of the majestic Wasatch Mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah and are committed to become your first stop for all your needlework supplies.

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