Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Raking Leaves and making scarecrow cookies

I have fond memories of fall, raking leaves and making what mom called dummies but many refer to as scarecrows. We would spend all day raking leaves putting them in bags and oh my we would have so much fun while doing this. From raking pile of leaves and jumping in them to the outlined houses or mansions as we called them where we would play with our dolls for hours to using old clothes my mom saved for us to make dummies. These scare crow cookies are easy to make and will be the hit of any fall party as well. The recipe comes from here a great place to visit and find many other awesome fun ideas.
 
 
 
 
 
Cookies
White frosting
Assorted sugar wafers
Candy corn
Mini chocolate chips
Bran cereal
Chocolate sprinkles
 
Frost the top of each cookie.
Sweet Scarecrows -
Cut a sugar wafer in half. Add a dollop of frosting to the top edge of the cookie and stick a wafer half to it for a hat top, as shown.
Place a whole sugar wafer just below the hat top for a brim. Use a little more frosting to decorate it with slices of candy corn or mini chocolate chips.
Press pieces of bran cereal hair into the frosting around the hat.
For the face, press on a candy corn nose, mini chocolate chip eyes, and a chocolate sprinkle stitched mouth.

Apple Dumpling Day




Serves:16    
3 Yellow Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and diced
2 (8-ounce) tubes Grands refrigerated biscuits
2 1/2 cups sugar, divided
1 cup butter, divided

12 dashes cinnamon
1 pint heavy cream
1 teaspoon mexican vanilla


Take each piece of biscuit dough and spread them out with your fingers until they are about a 3- to 4-inch circle. Place 1/4 cup of apples onto flattened biscuit 
, add 1 level teaspoon of sugar, and a pad of butter, sprinkle with cinnamon. Bring edges together and pinch closed to form a ball. Turn upside and place in pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray (leave a little room between them to spread).

Melt 1 stick of butter with 1 cup of sugar. When butter is melted remove from heat and add whipping cream, vanilla, and 1/2 cup of sugar. Pour sauce over dumplings. Bake at 325�F for 40-45 minutes until lightly golden


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Sandwich of the Day : Panini Style

With the weather a bit cooler outside today I thought it would be a great time to share with you what I would consider a perfect fall style sandwich. Yummy!!!


Chutney, Ham & Cheese Panini
Makes 4 servings

prep 15 min.
cooking 5 min.

1/3 cup chutney, chopped
4 tbsp. FRENCH'S? Honey Dijon Mustard
8 slices rustic whole wheat bread
1 small pear or apple, cored and thinly sliced
2 cups loose-packed arugula leaves
4 thin slices low-sodium Swiss lace cheese (4 oz.)
8 thin slices low-sodium deli ham (8 oz.)

COMBINE chutney and mustard in small bowl. Spread on cut surfaces of bread slices.
TOP 4 slices bread with pear, arugula, cheese and ham, dividing evenly. Cover each with top slice of bread.
GRILL sandwiches in hot electric grill pan for 4 to 5 min., until golden and cheese melts.

recipe source here

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Monday, September 16, 2013