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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

Pine Glen Designs Home page opens with our newest releases. We have a large variety of counted cross-stitch charts ranging from small with cute sayings, to scripture quotes.
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.

http://www.pineglendesigns.com/

This is a cute idea and an easy way to give the kids a Halloween breakfast before heading out for the day!

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

Spider Web Cereal

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

Halloween wasn’t a big thing in my family, so as a young adult I had to play catch-up when I began teaching preschool.  One thing I learned quickly is that you can get kids to eat almost anything if it’s presented in a way that captures their curiosity or imagination.  Since I love chocolate, it’s easy for me to try it with almost anything.  For kids who don’t like chocolate (hard to believe, but they do exist!), try substituting ice cream syrup in another flavor for this recipe.

INGREDIENTS

for each serving you will need:
a bowl of Cream of Wheat or oatmeal, prepared to package directions
chocolate syrup
a small cookie
a jelly bean
a 2″ piece of licorice cut into 8 skinny strips

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 – Squirt a small dollop of chocolate syrup on top of the cereal near the center, then draw 3-4 concentric circles of syrup around the dollop.
STEP 2 – Gently drag a butter knife or a toothpick from the center dollop to the outermost circle.  Repeat this step until you have 6-8 lines to make the web.
STEP 3 – For the spider, place the cookie on the cereal.  Add the jelly bean for the head and the 8 strips of licorice for the legs.
STEP 4 – Add milk if desired, then grab a spoon and eat!

COMPANY INFORMATION – Sundrop Designs

Sundrop Designs specializes in original applique and pieced block patterns for quilters, from realistic nature blocks to the whimsical Sundrop Wee Folk and Adventures in Atlantis (seashell houses).  Every month, a new Sundrop Critter block is featured.  Check them out – they’re really cute and many are very easy to do.  The theme for 2008 is Australian animals.

Web site: http://www.sundropdesigns.com
blog: http://bluecatcrafts.blogspot.com/