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Honeycomb Cashew Munch

Ingredients:

*1/4 cup Butter

*1/8 to 1/4 cup Sugar, plus 2 tablespoons set aside

*1 teaspoon Cinnamon

*1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

*5 cups Honeycomb Cereal

*Candy Coated Cashews, recipe follows

*2 teaspoons Honey, for topping

Instructions:

First:

In a small bowl mix together the 1/8 or 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon and set aside.

Second:

In a heavy duty sauce pan on medium heat, add the butter and melt. Then stir in the vanilla and add cereal, carefully and continually toss/stir and cook for 4 minutes, until cereal begins to brown. Add warmed cereal mixture to a large mixing bowl and add the cinnamon and sugar mixture stir and toss together until all cereal is coated.

Add warm candied coated cashews: Then drizzle with honey, toss/stir again. Allow to cool completely! Serve or store in airtight container.

Third:

Candied Cashews

In a heavy duty sauce pan or small frying pan, on medium-low heat and add cashews. Heat 2 to 3 minutes until cashews are heated through, then add 2 tablespoons sugar and Caramelize or until sticky and adheres to cashews. Add hot cashews to the warm honeycomb mixture.

Enjoy!

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Churros

Baked Churros Bites

Makes 64 (1 to 2 inch pieces)

Note: Making these are similar to making cream puffs

Special Supplies:

*Piping Bag

*1M Star Tip

Preheat oven 400*F., make sure to place oven rack on the top rack in the oven.

Ingredients:

*1 cup All-purpose Flour

*1/8 teaspoon Sea Salt

*1 tablespoon Brown Sugar

*1/2 cup Water

*1/4 cup Milk

*3 tablespoons Butter

*2 tablespoons Extra Light Olive Oil

*2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

*1 Large Egg

Instructions:

In a bowl combine the dry ingredients: Flour, salt and sugar. Set aside.

In a sauce pan add water, milk, butter and oil. Bring to a boil. Turn off heat add the vanilla.

Then dump in all of the dry mixture and stir with a wooden spoon. Stir only until mixture turn into a dough type ball and add the egg and mix until incorporated and set aside to cool slightly.

Add the dough mixture to a large piping bag with an 1M Star Tip.

Using a half baking sheet with Silpat/baking mat or Parchment Paper. Pipe on 1 to 2 inch dough strips. Pipe them an inch apart because they will not rise much in the oven.

Bake at 400*F. with oven rack placed on top rack for 15 to 18 minutes. Then make your cinnamon sugar mixture.

After baking allow the churros to cool slightly then toss them in the bowl with the cinnamon sugar. Make sure to coat them all. Churros need to be warm for the cinnamon sugar to stick to them. Remove them one at a time to a cooling rack to completely cool to store or to decorate with on top of cupcakes. But churros are best eaten warm.

Cinnamon Sugar Mixture:

Note: Make while Churros are baking.

Ingredients:

*5 tablespoons Sugar

*1 tablespoon Cinnamon

Instructions:

In a large mixing bowl add the cinnamon and sugar and mix together. Set aside until ready to add warm churros.