Kathy's Kitchen Korner
Trick or Treats??
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Appetizers 1 pound Hillshire Farm Litt’l Smokies In an electric skillet, place Smokies in a single layer. In a sauce pan, whisk together equal parts of chili sauce and grape jelly. Heat to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Pour over smokies and simmer for at least 30 minutes.
Yield: About 12 servings
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, pumpkin, Cheddar cheese, and pineapple until smooth. For easier shaping, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Place on a serving plate and shape into a face up pumpkin. Score face with knife to resemble a pumpkin and then add celery stalk/leaves for stem. Place on slices of black olives for face. Cover and refrigerate before serving. Surround with whole grain crackers.
2 cups Bisquick® baking mix Heat oven to 450°F. Stir baking mix and milk until soft dough forms. Turn dough onto surface dusted with baking mix; gently roll in baking mix to coat. Shape into ball; knead 10 times. Roll dough 1/2 inch thick. Cut with 2 1/2 inch round cutter. Cut each circle in half. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Spread 1 teaspoon cream cheese on rounded edge of each biscuit. Roll in cheddar cheese. Cut 1 inch circle from Swiss cheese slices; place circle on center of each biscuit. Top with olive slice. Makes 16 biscuits - from: Bisquick/Oct 1999 #153
Wash the seeds and pat them dry Roast on cookie sheet @ low heat 250°-300°F. Test by biting into one - they're done when they're crunchy. Some variations: Experiment until you find a flavor you like!
1 pound spiced gumdrops In a large bowl mix all ingredients together. Store in an airtight container.
Apples Wash and dry apples;
Beverages 1 1/2 cups orange juice In punch bowl mix orange juice -- apple cider, pineapple juice and sugar. Chill a couple of hours, before serving. Add ginger ale, apples, orange slices and ice cubes.
1 pkg. Kool-Aid grape unsweetened Mix all together in punch bowl or large pitcher. NOTE: This will be black as midnight and frightfully delicious!
1 quart pineapple juice, chilled Just before serving, combine juices in a chilled punch bowl. Add soda and softened scoops of sherbet. Stir until sherbet is almost melted.
Yield: About 20 (1 cup) servings.
4 cinnamon sticks Wrap cinnamon and allspice in cheesecloth, tying into bag with string. Combine cider and cinnamon packet in saucepan. Bring to simmering, reduce heat, cook at bare simmer for 10 min. Add cranberry juice. Bring to simmering. Remove cheesecloth bag, discard. Remove from heat. Let stand 10 min. before serving. Garnish with orange slices. Makes 12 servings. Source: Marla Hudgins
Cookies 1 18-ounce refrigerator package sugar or peanut butter cookie dough Preheat oven and follow baking directions on package. Open package of prepared dough and work in flour. Cover and chill dough for about 1/2 hour. Flour board, roll out dough, and cut with shaped cutters. To prevent burning and over browning, bake on a shiny cookie sheet or parchment paper. Cool on a wire rack. Decorate when completely cool. Yield: About 2 dozen.
Ghost Cookies Melt almond bark following package directions. Dip 2/3 of each cookie in melted candy, shaking gently to remove excess coating. Place on wire rack with waxed paper underneath. For eyes, cut jelly&127 beans in half and place on cookies. Cool completely before removing from rack.
Ghost Cookies II Melt white chocolate. Dip two thirds of each cookie into melted candy, shaking gently to remove excess coating. Place on wire rack with waxed paper underneath. For eyes, place chocolate chip on cookie. Cool completely.
Fudgy Bat Cookies Use a serrated knife to carefully cut 18 of the cookies into quarters. Save remaining cookies for another use. For each bat, place 2 cookie quarters 1/4" apart on waxed paper. Repeat with remaining quarters. Melt candy melts. Drop about 1/2 teaspoon of melted candy at center of each bat, connecting cookies. Use a toothpick to smooth melted candy into a uniform circle. Cool completely before removing from waxed paper.
Spider Cookies In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips. Stir in noodles. Drop by spoonful onto waxed paper. Add 2 pieces chocolate baking bits for eyes.
Jack-O-Lantern Cookies Spread a small amount of peanut butter on the flat side of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Cut licorice into triangles and squares to make faces. Melt almond bark following package directions. Remove from heat and tint with food coloring. Using tongs, dip each sandwich cookie in melted candy, coating completely. Gently shake each cookie to remove excess coating. Place on wire rack with waxed paper underneath. Place licorice pieces on the cookies for faces. Cool completely before removing from rack. Marla:mhudgins@alliancelink.com Killer Monster Cookies Beat eggs until foamy. Beat in sugars, vanilla and corn syrup. Add baking soda. Beat in butter and peanut butter until well blended. Stir in oats and chocolates. Shape into small hamburger sized patties. Place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 250°F for 12-15 minutes. *This recipe can be cut in half. It does make a lot of cookies with a full batch. But these are SOOOOO delicious. TishB94@aol.com Make-A-Face Pumpkin Cookies Place waxed paper on microwavable plate. Mix all ingredients except candies until very soft dough forms. Drop dough by 2 rounded tablespoonsfuls onto waxed paper; spread to make 3-inch circles. Makes 3 cookies at a time. Decorate with candies to make monster faces. Microwave uncovered on High 1 minute. Turn plate 1/2 turn. Microwave 30 seconds to 1 minute longer, checking once or twice until cookies are puffed and dry. Slide waxed paper with cookies onto wire rack. Cool 5 minutes; remove cookies waxed paper to wire rack. Repeat with remaining dough. 9 or 10 cookies.
Icky Sticky Sugar Snakes To make sticky sauce: Preheat the oven to 300°F. In a medium bowl, mash the butter and honey with a fork until well blended. Gradually stir in the vanilla extract, flour and salt. The mixture should have a doughy consistency. Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator for 1 hour. 2 1/4 cups Bisquick® baking mix Heat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheets. Mix all ingredients except gel and licorice until stiff dough forms. Shape dough into thirty 1 inch balls. Pull a little bit of dough from each of 15 balls to make tails; set aside. Cut about 1/4 inch slit in same balls, using scissors. Separate dough to slit for cat's ears. Place balls about 2inches apart on cookie sheet Place remaining balls below each cat head on cookie sheet for body. Shape small pieces of dough into 15 ropes, about 2 1/2 inches long. Place end of rope under each body. Bake about 10 minutes or until light brown. Cool Make eyes and nose on cats with black gel. Add licorice pieces for whiskers. About 15 cookies Note if dough is sticky, refrigerate for 30 minutes or until it is easy to handle. These look just like the two circle drawings of cats. from:Bisquick/Oct 1999 #153
1 cup butter, softened In bowl beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla; beat in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Working with one-quarter of the dough at a time and keeping remaining dough refrigerated, roll heaping teaspoonsful of dough into finger shape for each cookie. Press almond firmly into one end for nail. Squeeze in centre to create knuckle shape. Using a paring knife make slashes in several places to form knuckle. Bars Casper's Graveyard Treats Decorations: Mix 2 cup of the cookie crumbs, sugar and margarine in 13x9" pan. Press firmly onto bottom of pan. Refrigerate.Source: 20ishparents.com
Jell-O-Ween Poke Brownies Prepare brownie mix according to package for an 8 or 9 inch square baking pan. After removing from oven, immediately use round end of a wooden spoon to poke holes at 1 inch intervals down through the brownies to the pan. Pour cold milk into a large bowl. Add pudding mix and beat with a wire whisk for 2 minutes. Stir in a few drops food colorings to tint mixture orange. Quickly pour about 1/2 of the thin pudding evenly over warm brownies and into holes. Tap pan lightly to fill holes. Let remaining pudding mixture stand to thicken slightly. Spread over top of brownies to frost. Refrigerate 1 hour or until ready to serve. Cut into 2 inch squares. Cut each square diagonally into triangles. Makes 32 Source: Kraft Halloween Booklet pg. 63 Cakes Jack-o'-Lantern "Cake"(photo) 1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 24 cupcakes, blending dry pudding mix into batter before spooning into prepared cups. Cool completely. Beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla and food colorings in medium bowl with mixer until well blended. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until well blended. Arrange cupcakes on large platter to resemble a stemmed pumpkin as shown in diagram; frost with cream cheese mixture. Use colored sugar to fill in the stem. Add 2 cookies for the jack-o'-lantern's eyes. Crush remaining cookies; sprinkle over cake for the mouth. Miscellaneous Peep-A-Boo Ghost Puff Chocolate Glaze: Heat oven to 400°F. In medium saucepan, melt butter, add water and boil. Add flour and salt at once and stir vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate. Remove from heat. Cool slightly for about five minutes.
Halloween Ice Cream Combine milk and honey in a saucepan and stir over medium heat until well blended and hot. Do not let mixture boil. Stir in pumpkin, spices, and salt. Chill thoroughly. When cold, carefully fold in whipping topping. Pour into a shallow pan and freeze until solid. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2587/halloween.html Candy Corn Treats Melt butter and marshmallows; stir until smooth.
Black Frosting In a mixing bowl, add blue food coloring to the chocolate frosting until black in color. Susan's Homepage:http://home.earthlink.net/~susan926/ Wash the seeds and pat them dry. Some variations:
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