Snicker Cookies

Snicker Cookies are great for Halloween fun and when your kids bring home candy look in their bags and find some snickers candy and make some great cookies.

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter or peanuts butter with peanuts

1/4 cup honey

1 Tbsp. milk

24 miniature snickers

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter and peanut butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat in honey and milk until well combined. Mold roughly 1 tablespoon of dough around candy. Place on cookie sheet, Bake 12 – 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Makes 24

Popcorn Balls

When I was growing up Mrs Pearl made the best popcorn balls in the whole world it was like magic how  she make the popcorn stay together? Silly me laughing out loudly at my self.

2 c. brown sugar or white sugar

2/3 c. white corn syrup

2/3 c. water

1/2 lb. butter

1 1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla Or maple Favoring or both

1/2 cup toasted peanuts

Cook all ingredients until the mixture forms a soft ball in cold water.Add vanilla and peanuts pour over popped popcorn.

Wait until cool and form into balls as big as you want.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

How To Roast Pumpkin Seeds:

Clean the seeds
   
Boil for 10 minutes in salt water

Drain the seeds in a colander and dry lightly with a towel
   
Spread seeds onto a baking sheet and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and spice them up with your favorite spices
   
Roast seeds at 325F for 10 minutes. ...

Coconut Cake

I love an good ole fashion real coconut cake and this recipe I found really bake the cake for me. If you love the taste of fresh coconut you will love it too. Get Recipe and steps by steps http://www.tastespotting.com/features/coconut-cream-cake-recipe

3 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup Coco Lopez or other coconut cream

For Cream Cheese Frosting

16 ounces cream cheese (2 packages), room temperature
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pound confectioner’s sugar, sifted

2 cups fresh sliced or shredded coconut (lightly toasted in 250 degree oven is optional)
Directions
Make cake:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease, flour 2 9-inch round cake pans, then line the bottoms of each pan with buttered parchment paper.

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.

In the bowl of stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes at medium speed. Add the eggs one at time, incorporating after each addition. Stir in vanilla.

Reduce the mixer’s speed to low and add the flour, alternating with the Coco Lopez and incorporating after each addition, stopping to scrape down the bowl as needed.

Divide the batter between the 2 pans and bake for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of each layer comes out clean (start checking at 40 minutes). Transfer pans to wire racks to cool for 10 minutes, then remove the layers onto racks to cool completely.
Make frosting:

In the bowl of stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract. Turn mixer to lowest speed and gradually add sifted confectioner’s sugar &fras12;-cupful at a time.
Assemble cake and frost:

If your cake layers are puffed up quite a bit in the center you can use a long, serrated knife and gently slice off the “bump.”

Or you can be as lazy as we are and flip the cake onto a serving plate with the bump side down, then press down to flatten it slightly.

Spread the flat, top surface of the first layer with frosting, then place the second layer on top with the bump- or sliced-side down. Frost the top and sides of cake. Press shredded/sliced coconut into frosting on top and sides of cake.

Slice And Enjoy!!!

Tofu Pumpkin Spice Pie

3/4 cup firm tofu

2 cups pumpkin puree

1 1/2 cup brown sugar

2 Tbsp canola oil

1 1/2 cup heavy cream or 1 12 oz. can of evaporated milk

2 Tbsp molasses

2 eggs plus the yolk of a third egg

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/8 tsp ground cloves

Add all to a blender and puree until smooth. Pour mixture in uncooked crust pie shells.

Bacon Cups

When I found A great Ideal...You know I like to share. This Lady  used an upside down muffin pan, covered it in foil, wove bacon around the muffin cups, and baked the bacon at 400 degrees into a crispy mini bowl. Keep in the mind, the bacon is going to shrink, so overlapping the bacon is best for a more secure cup. You can make the bacon cups as deep or shallow as you would like; the shallower ones make for a better finger food. She cautions to use a baking dish below the bacon to catch drips, and to also keep a close eye while the bacon is cooking.

http://www.kidskubby.com/bacon-cups/

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