Category: Cooking Recipes

This is a delightful treat for a Christmas party, skating gathering or even lunch at home! Ingredients: a.. Pieces of square brown bread b.. fillings c.. stick pretzels d.. maraschino cherries e.. raisins Make your favorite sandwich between two slices of square shaped brown bread. Trim off the crusts and cut the sandwich in two diagonally. With the longest cut side across the top, and one tip facing you, decorate the sandwich with two stick pretzels on each side of the top for antlers, two raisins for eyes and a half maraschino cherry for the nose. These disappear fast — best make up a plate or two of them to serve with hot cocoa on sledding and skating days . More holiday fun! Pasta Angel Ornament Pomander Balls Cute Reindeer Magnets Cane Deer Jingle Bell Napkin Holders Chubby Cotton Wreaths Pinecone Angel Crochet Snowflake Belinda Mooney is a homeschool mom with 7 children. She has been homeschooling for over 16 years. She manages several websites including Learning Treasures, Kid’s Kreate, Dinner’s in the Freezer and Cooking with Kids. She also manages the Unit Study and Preserving & Canning Sites at www.WZ.com. Belinda is also a published author of homeschool curriculum and un-t studies. In her spare time she likes to read, do crafts and share her love of the Lord with others–

1 qt. grape juice
1 1/2 cups sugar syrup
2 qts. cold water
1 qt. ginger ale
Juice of 4 lemons
Juice of 4 oranges

1 cup each:

• pineapple
• seeded raisins
• grapes
• bananas

 

1. Slice the bananas

2. Cut the grapes in half

3. Cut the pineapple in small chunks!

4. Mix and chill in the refrigerator.

5. Serve in punch bowl with thin slices of orange and lemon floating on top.

This really
doesn’t take much more time to make than a bowl of cold cereal. And warms you up
much better!

• 2 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup chopped peeled peaches or chopped apple
• 1/4 cup dried cherries, raisins, or snipped pitted whole
• dates
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup skim milk

In a medium saucepan bring water and salt to boiling.

Stir in oats, peaches or apple, raisins, and cinnamon.

Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Remove from heat. Cover and let stand for 2 minutes.

Divide oatmeal among 4 bowls.

Pour 2 tablespoons milk over each serving.

Makes 4 servings.

Ingredients:

• 12 lollipop sticks
• Gummy candy (worms, fish, dinosaurs, whatever you can find)
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup light corn syrup
• 3/4 cup water
• flavoring oil or extract ( remember oils are VERY strong flavored! Use just a
  little.) use about 1/4 tsp oil – up to 2 tsp extract.
• yellow food coloring

Instructions:

1. Lightly oil 2 cookie sheets.
2. Arrange 6 of your sticks on the cookie sheets so they won’t be to close to each other.
3. Put 1 -2 gummy candies at the top of the stick.
4. Stir sugar, corn syrup and water in a pan over med- high heat until
   sugar dissolves.

5. WITHOUT stirring, boil this until a candy thermometer reads 300*-310*
   F.

6. IMMEDIATELY remove from heat. Wait until boiling stops. Now add your
   extract or oil and a drop of food coloring.

7. CAUTION*** (bottom of page)
8. Working very quickly spoon 2 – 3 TBSP of syrup over the candies and top
   of the sticks. You can also use molds if you have them. Don’t worry if the
   candy melts a little it will get firmer again as the syrup cools.

***CAUTION:
Boiling sugar solution is extremely hot and dangerous, keep it away from kids.
In the event that any does get on the skin, hold the affected part under running
water for at least five minutes. If the skin blisters or breaks seek medical
attention.

Ingredients:

4 eggs
6 tablespoons sugar
5 1/2 cups fresh orange juice, chilled
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 quart vanilla ice cream
1 quart ginger ale, chilled

1. Beat the eggs and the sugar until light (no separation  necessary here).

2. Stir in the orange and the
lemon juice. Place small scoops of ice cream in the punch bowl.

3. Pour the ginger ale against
the sides (inside, of course) of the
bowl (this is done to preserve as much of the carbonation as possible).

4. Add the orange juice
picture slowly, stirring gently. Serve immediately.

This will make about 30 servings.

From Patty – used with permission

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St.
Patrick’s Day treat!

***Shamrock Ice Cream Sandwiches***

Ingredients:

1 recipe Butter Cookie Dough (will be on bottom of page)

3 or 4 drops green food coloring

1 pint ice cream or frozen yogurt, any flavor

(Its good to have a shamrock cookie cutter for this one!!)

Method:

Prepare cookie dough; mix in food coloring. Cover, refrigerate until firm (about 4 hours or
overnight).

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Roll dough on floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out cookies using

cookie cutter. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake 8 to 20 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned around edges.
Remove

to wire racks; cool completely.

Remove ice cream from freezer; let stand at room temperature to soften

slightly, about 10 minutes. Spread 4 to 5 tablespoons ice cream onto flat
side of half of cookies. Place remaining cookies, flat side down, on ice cream.

Press cookies together lightly.

Wrap each sandwich in foil; freeze until firm, about 2 hours or overnight.

Makes 6 to 8 cookie sandwiches.

***Butter Cookie Dough***

Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar

1 egg yolk

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 tsp. baking powder

1/8 tsp. salt

Method:

Combine butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and egg yolk in medium bowl.
Add

flour, baking powder and salt; mix well.

Cover; refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm.

Makes about 3 cups of dough

Ingredients:

3/4 cup chunky peanut butter

1/4 cup butter or margarine (softened)

1 cup flaked coconut

1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

1-1/2 to 2 cups confectioner’s sugar (divided)

2 cups (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips

2 tablespoons shortening

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, cream peanut butter and butter until
well mixed .

Fold in coconut, nuts, and 1 cup confectioner’s sugar,
mix together well

Sprinkle some of the remaining sugar on a cutting board.

Turn peanut butter mixture onto board & knead in
enough of the remaining sugar until mixture holds its shape .

Shape into egg-shaped pieces.

Cover and chill for 1 hour.

In a double boiler, over hot water, melt chocolate chips
and shortening, stirring until smooth.

Dip eggs and place on waxed paper to harden.

This will make about 2 dozen

You will need: Ginger ale or 7-up type soda pop (Strawberry flavored soda  and vanilla ice cream is good too!)  Strawberry ice cream  Whipped cream or Cool Whip 1 teaspoon Strawberry preserves Fill glass 3/4 full with strawberry ice cream.  Pour ginger ale or any &-up type soda over strawberry ice cream in tall glass.  Put a teaspoon of strawberry preserves on top of the glass and whipped cream on top of that.