Seasons & Holidays

Crafts for the holidays and the different seasons.

Monster Cookie Cups

~ lindy




Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

*2 (17.5 ounce) packages Peanut Butter Cookie Mix, we used Betty Cocker brand, make cookie dough make as directed on package or you could use Pillsbury refrigerated Peanut Butter Cookie dough

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*1 pound 3.5 ounces package Reese’s Miniatures Peanut Butter Cups, family size, un-wrapped (about 65 per package)

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Makes about 57 peanut butter cookie cups After making cookie dough using a cookie scoop, scoop 2 tablespoons per cookie cup into mini cup, using a mini cupcake pan, sprayed with Pam cooking spray.

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Press dough into cups and up the sides of each cup. Bake the cookies in a pre- heated oven at 350*F. for 9 to 11 minutes.

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Remove the baked cookie cups from the oven adding the Reese’s peanut butter cups to the center of each baked peanut butter cookie cup.

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Make sure cookies are still hot/warm from the oven, when adding Reese’s peanut butter cups. Allow peanut butter cookie cups to cool before removing them from the cupcake pan.

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Also see Peanut Butter Cookie Cups for picture instructions

White Melting Wafers Monster Eyes

*1/2 cup White Melting Wafers

*Mini Chocolate Chips

*Sandwich plastic

*Wax Paper

Melt in a small glass cup the wafers, in the microwave in 20-30 second increments until melted. Scoop/pour the melted wafers into a sandwich bag.  Then clip off a very small piece of corner of the bag.  Squeeze the bag with melted wafers, through the clipped corner and make small dots of the melted wafers on wax paper spacing them about  1/2 inch apart.  Now  make ten dots at a time then add a mini chocolate chip to the center, makng the eyes.  Repeat until all eyes are made.
Add the eyes to the tops of the peanut butter cups, after baking of the cookies and after pressing the peanut butter cup into the middle of the cookie.

   
Eyeballs

*1/2 cup White Chocolate Wafers, melted

*Mini Chocolate Chips

*Pastry Bag with small tip

*Wax Paper

Melt the white wafers in a I cup measuring cup, melt in the microwave in 30 second increments until melted.

Scoop melted wafers into the pastry bag and pip small dots onto the wax paper adding a mini chocolate chip to the centers before they dry.  When dry remove from wax paper and add to desired cookie etc…

   





  


Have a great day!
Lindy

Apple Beer Fondue

~ lindy

Apple Beer Fondue

*3 tablespoons Butter

*2 Cloves Garlic, pressed or minced sautéed in butter before adding to flour

*3 tablespoons Flour
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*3/4 cup Apple Beer or Apple Cider

*1/2 cup Heavy Whipping Cream or Milk

*2 Cloves Garlic, minced or pressed

*1/2 teaspoon Dry Mustard

*1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce

*2 cups Colby Jack Cheese, freshly grated

*1/4 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper, optional

*Salt and Pepper to taste

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In a medium sauce pan on medium heat sauté the garlic and butter for 1 minute and then add the flour making a rue (A rue is heating butter and flour until it thickens.)
Slowly add the dry mustard mixing in then add 3/4 cup Apple Beer/Cider, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne pepper.

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In a double boiler add the above mixture and drizzle in the heavy whipping cream and slowly incorporating the freshly grated cheese until slightly smooth. Salt and pepper the Fondue to taste and serve. Serve in a fondue pot or in glass bowl for dipping. Keeping the fondue slightly warm.

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Use Pretzels, French Bread or bread of your choice. Vegetables for dipping: Carrots, broccoli florets , cauliflower florets, celery strips, red pepper strips, and baked or roasted potato cubes. Also Ham cubes.
See  Sweet Pretzel Bites





Enjoy!

Lindy