Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Monday, October 6, 2008

Dracula Cookies

Ingredients
6 hazelnut truffles
5 ounces white candy coating, chopped
1 green or red Fruit Roll-Up
6 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
1 can (6.4 oz) black decorating icing
6 slivered almonds, cut in half

Directions
1. Place truffles on a waxed paper-lined pan. Freeze for 10 minutes or until chilled. Meanwhile, in a small bowl melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Dip truffles in coating to cover completely; return to pan. Refrigerate until hardened.
2. Cut Fruit-Roll-Up into 2.5 x 1.5 inch strips. Reheat candy coating if necessary. Dip truffles in candy coating again; immediately place one on each cookie. Wrap a fruit strip around base of truffle for cape. Let stand until set.
3. Using decorating icing and a round tip, pipe hair, eyes, and mouth on each. Be creative! Insert almonds as fangs.

Recipe from Taste of Home

Corny Sloppy Joe Pizzas

Ingredients
1 can Homestyle Buttermilk Biscuits (or and other biscuits you prefer to flatten)
1 lb lean ground beef
1 can of sloppy joe sandwich sauce (15.5 oz)
1 can whole kernel sweet corn, drained
8 slices of american cheese
8 small pieces(1x 1/2 inch each) green bell peppers

Directions
1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Separate dough into 8 biscuits. Place on ungreased large cookie sheet; press each biscuit to form 4 1/2 inch round. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
2.Meanwhile in 12-inch nonstick skillet cook beef over medium heat 8-10 minutes. Occasionally stirring, until thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in sloppy joe sauce and corn. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 3 to 5 minutes. Stirring occasionally, until hot.
3. Cut cheese into circles. With knife cut jack-o-lantern faces (let the kids do it)
4. Remove biscuits from the oven. Spoon beef mixture evenly onto biscuit rounds. Arrange cheese pieces over beef mixture. Place bell pepper piece on top of each to look like stem.
5. Return to oven 3-5 minutes to melt cheese on.
Recipe by Pillsbury

Halloweenie Mummies

Ingredients
1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations refrigerated flaky dough sheet
44 cocktail-size smoked link sausages (1 lb pkg)
Mustard

Directions
1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line two 15x10x1 inch pan with cooking parchment paper
2.On work surface, roll dough sheet out to 14x11 inch rectangle. Cut vertically to make two 11x7 inch rectangles. Cut crosswise into total of 44 (7 x 1/2 inch) strips.
3. Pat sausages dry with paper towels.
4. Wrap 1 strip of dough around each sausage to look like a mummy: press firmly to each end to secure.
5.Place on cookie sheet 2 inches apart for even browning
6. Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Put eyes on mummies with mustard.

Recipe by Pillsbury