Halloween Dinner Party

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Brownie Pop Recipe

*1 1/2 cups Sugar
*1/3 cup Baking Cocoa

Whisk together.

*1/2 cup Butter melted
*1/2 cup Light Olive Oil

Mix together with the Sugar and Cocoa mixture.

*4 Eggs, you can add them one at a time
*2 teaspoons Vanilla
*2 cups All-Purpose Flour or Cake Flour
*1/4 teaspoon Salt

After mixing together the above ingredients with wire whisk use a Cake Pop Pan and spray well with Cooking Spray. Fill each Cake Pop 3/4 full, bake at 350*F. For 18-20 minutes. Cool and Decorate.

Hint: Tooth Pick helps remove Pops from the pan.

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I used a white and a clear Pastry Bag, any pastry bag and a large tip will work just fine.

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Decorating Supplies:

*White Chocolate Melting Discs
*Sucker Sticks
*White decorating Eyes
*I used a foam ring from the Dollar Store to hold up the Cake Pops after decorating

See pictures

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These are some of the fun things you could use to decorate the Brownies Pop Shapes, you can use whatever you have on hand the sky’s the limit!

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You might need to cut off the bottom of the Brownie Pops so they will be flat against the cookies. I used a Coconut Pecan Frosting as the glue and Green Chocolate Melting Discs, melt them for 30 seconds in the microwave and then every 10 seconds until melted. Then cover/Dip etc. Brownie Pops and I used yellow decorating eyes.

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Bat Sugar Cookies

You can find my Sugar Cookie Recipe here. If you would like a Butter Cream Cheese Frosting you can find it here.

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You can see how to make them at rookno17

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Creepy Spiders

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Salad “Push-Ups”

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Layer the vegetables and rice of your choice in plastic Push-Ups. (I found these plastic Push-Up containers at Porters and Walmart, some of them have holes in the bottom so makes sure yours don’t or they will leak.)

Happy Halloween!!!

Lindy and Jessica

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Freezing Garden Jalapeño Peppers

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These are the Jalapeños from our garden. I grew them in pots and then when the weather got to the freezing point I brought them into the garage. I picked them all at once so that I could freeze them.

Jalapeños

*jalapenos, washed
*a pair of Gloves
*Pint Freezer Bags
*Permanent Marker

*Cut up Jalapeños, size of your choice wearing the gloves, being very careful not to touch your eyes or face. (A seed flipped on my face and yes it does burn.)
You might want to also wear glasses to protect your eyes from juices that may squirt out of the peppers. Remove the seeds if you don’t like them really hot.

Place the cut Jalapeños in Pint size Freezer bags and remove as much air as possible and then place the pint size bags into one gallon size bag, label and freeze. (I just grabbed a handful of the cut Jalapeños for each bag guessing it to be about 4 medium Jalapeños.)

You can use them in Sauces, Salsas, and etc….

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This is a picture the last Peppers in my garden one Bell Pepper and the rest are Jalapeño Peppers.

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Enjoy!

Lindy