hoildays – puddlesoflove

Only three more days till thanksgiving! when i was kid, i remember wanting to help my mom and grandma cook on thanksgiving. of course they gave me the little things to do such as pour gravy or putting napkins and plates on the table. sure it was fun helping but i wanted to do something more. I wanted to cook! so i made a list of thanksgiving treats that are easy and fun for kids to do. they will smile when the the family comes over and eats there treats. with a little help from you, they will have the best thanksgiving ever!

1. thanksgiving turkey cookies

(recipe from http://www.Pillsbury.com)

Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies

Ingredients

1: roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated sugar cookies or 1 package (16 oz) Pillsbury™ Ready To Bake!™ refrigerated sugar cookies (24 cookies)

1: container (16 oz) chocolate creamy frosting

: Candy corn

: Orange decorating icing

Miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits

step 1.

bake cookies as directed on packaging. cool completely. (about 10 mins)

step 2.

spoon chocolate frosting into 1-quart storage bag. seal bag. cut off tiny bottom corner of bag. on each cookie,pipe frosting on outer edge of half of cookie. arrange candy corn over frosting feathers.

step 3.

pipe orange frosting onto each cookie to resemble turkey face and feet. Use orange icing to attach baking bits to turkeys face for ice. pipe black gel on baking bits for centers of eyes.

2. turkey muffins

(from http://www.parenting.com)

ingredients

Pumpkin muffins
Red apple
Green apple
Sliver of carrot
Squeezable icing—eyes

instructions

From each apple, cut a slice from the side of the apple. Set flat and cut squared-off, tapered feathers. Cut a small beak from a thin slice of carrot. Make a slit in the end of a green grape and dab off excess moisture. Insert beak into grape. Poke small ends of feathers into muffin and set head on muffin, resting on the muffin paper. Once assembled, add tiny dot eyes with icing.

3. apple stuffing muffins

6 Cups bread cubes (See below)

1 Cup diced apple
1/3 Cup finely-diced onion
1/2 Tsp. minced sage
1/2 Tsp. fresh thyme
Dash of cinnamon
1/4 Cup apple juice
1 1/4 Cup chicken broth
Maple syrup

Saute onion. Add apple, sage and cinnamon. Mix all ingredients and then spray muffin tin with olive oil. Press gently into muffin tins. Drizzle lightly with maple syrup. Bake at 350 for approximately 30 minutes. Serves 10.

Making Bread Cubes

(www.parenting.com)

4 Slices whole wheat bread
4 Slices oatmeal bread

Cut bread into cubes. Arrange on baking sheet. Spray with olive oil cooking spray or drizzle, lightly, with olive oil. Broil, on low, for about 1 minute on each side.

4. apple pie mints

(www.parntmap.com)

this one will need a little more help from the parents!