1 package semi sweet chocolate chips

2 tbs butter

1 can condensed milk

2 tbs water

1 tsp vanilla extract

In a heavy saucepan, over medium heat, melt chips and margarine with
milk, water and vanilla.  Cook and stir constantly until thickened,
about 5 min.  Serve warm over ice cream.  Refrigerate leftovers.

Cranberry Ice

Lovely citrus lends flavor to tart cranberries in this refreshing sorbet
that can be served up for dessert, as a palate cleanser between meals or to
liven up turkey in place of cranberry sauce.

Ingredients
2 (12 ounce) packages fresh cranberries
2 cups white sugar
1 1/4 cups fresh orange juice
1 cup fresh lemon juice

Cooking Instructions
1. In a large pot, add cranberries and enough water to cover. Boil until
cranberries begin to pop. Drain and put through a food mill placed over a
large bowl.
2. While still warm add sugar to dissolve in the warm berries. The amount of
sugar may vary depending on the tartness of the berries, so if you decide to
add more sugar remember that the mixture will be tarter when it has been
frozen.
3. After dissolving the sugar in the berries, stir in fresh squeezed orange
juice and fresh squeezed lemon juice. Pour in 8 or 9 inch square pan and
freeze overnight. Take out of the freezer 5-10 minutes before cutting.

Nutrition Facts Servings per Recipe: 12
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 173cal
Total Fat: 0.2g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 1mg
Carbohydrates: 44.8g
Fiber: 2.5g
Protein: 0.5g

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1-1/2 tsp. + 1/4 cup butter (no substitutes), softened, divided
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup evaporated milk
2 tbsp. light corn syrup
2-1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 cups coarsely chopped salted cashews
Directions
Line a 9×9″ pan with foil and grease the foil with 1-1/2 tsp.
butter; set aside. In a heavy saucepan, combine brown sugar, milk,
corn syrup and remaining butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until
sugar is dissolved. Bring mixture to a rapid boil, stirring
constantly for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Gradually add
confectioners’ sugar; mix well. Fold in cashews. Immediately spread
into prepared pan. Cool. Using foil, lift fudge out of pan. Cut
into 1″ squares. Refrigerate in airtight container(s).
Makes 36 blocks.

1/2 cup HERSHEY’S Butterscotch Chips
1/4 cup MOUNDS Sweetened Coconut Flakes
2 tablespoons finely chopped nuts
1 can (8 oz.) refrigerated quick crescent dinner rolls
Powdered sugar

1. Heat oven to 375°F.

2. Stir together butterscotch chips, coconut and nuts in small bowl. Unroll dough to form 8 triangles. Lightly sprinkle 1 heaping tablespoon butterscotch mixture on top of each; gently press into dough. Starting at shortest side of triangle, roll dough to opposite point. Place rolls, point side down, on ungreased cookie sheet; curve into crescent shape.

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve warm. 8 crescents.

For the caramel base:
3/4 cup super fine sugar
3 tablespoons water

For the flan:
1 cup super fine granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cardamom
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree (canned or fresh)
1 12-ounce can evaporated skim milk
3/4 cup egg substitute
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.

For the caramel base:

1. Melt sugar with water in a small copper or heavy-gauged saucepan over moderate heat. Stir occasionally to melt sugar.

2. Let the mixture boil without stirring for at least 5 minutes until the liquid turns golden brown.

3. Immediately pour into a 9″ baking dish.

For the flan:

1. Mix the pumpkin, evaporated milk, egg substitute and vanilla in a bowl by hand or mixer.

2. Add the dry ingredients and blend well.

3. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.

4. Place the dish in a larger pan and pour hot water into the larger pan until the water comes halfway up the edge of the baking dish.

5. Bake for 1 hour or until the flan is set.

6. Cool until room temperature then refrigerate for at least 4 hours and up to 1 day before serving.

7. Before serving run a sharp knife around the edge of the flan and invert onto a platter making sure that the caramel runs down the top and sides.

Serving Size: 1/10th

A new, delicious twist on the traditional caramel apple! These are ideal for fall when you have an overabundance of apples, but don’t discount them for other holidays and occassions! Simply change the color of the sprinkles or other decorations to fit the season or event.

Editor’s note: For children with allergies to peanuts, replace the peanut butter chips with butterscotch or mint for a different twist!

You will need:
12 wooden ice cream sticks
12 medium apples, stems removed
1 package (10 ounces) peanut butter chips
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup confectioners’ sugar
2/3 cup cocoa

Optional for decorating apples:
chopped peanut butter chips
chopped or mini chocolate chips
chopped vanilla chips
flaked coconut
colored spinkles
chopped nuts

What you do:
Insert wooden stick into each washed and dried apple. Cover a baking sheet or tray with waxed paper.

In a medium microwave-safe bowl, stir together peanut butter chips and oil. Microwave on high 1-1/2 minutes or until chips are softened. Stir until melted.

Stir together confectioners’ sugar and cocoa; gradually add to melted chip mixture, stirring until smooth. Microwave on high 1 minute or until very warm.

Dip apples into mixture, twirling to remove excess coating. (If coating becomes too thick, return to microwave for a few seconds). Roll coated apple in chopped chips or coconut if desired, or sprinkle toppings onto apples. Allow to cool on prepared baking sheet or tray.

Yield: one dozen apples.

Halloween Recipes

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Usually ants, beetles, and other creepy crawlies are not welcome in the kitchen. But that’s not the case with these fun snacks. Grab the kids and eat some bugs!

Note: Where peanut butter is used in these recipes for “gluing” edible body parts together, frostings may be used as a substitution for those children who are sensitive to or allergic to nuts.

Ants in the Sand

graham crackers, crushed
chocolate sprinkles
snack sized resealable plastic bags

To crush graham crackers, place inside a large (gallon size) resealable plastic bag. Using a rolling pin, smash crackers through bag by rolling back and forth over them until they are all in crumb form.

Fill snack sized resealable bags halfway with graham cracker crumbs. Add a small handful of chocolate sprinkles to the bags and seal.

Bugs on a Log

celery stalks
peanut butter
raisins

Spread peanut butter onto washed and drained celery stalks. Top with raisins. For children who are allergic to peanuts, try using cream cheese or processed cheese spread in place of the peanut butter.

Cookie Spiders

black or chocolate licorice twists
fudge sandwich cookies
chocolate frosting
red cinnamon candies

Cut licorice in half. Remove the top of each sandwich cookie; press 8 licorice pieces into the fudge center to resemble spider legs. Spread a little chocolate frosting over the licorice; replace cookie tops. Frost the tops of the spider cookies with frosting. Place red cinnamon candies on top for eyes.

Muenster Beetles

crunchy chow mein noodles
muenster cheese (or other soft block cheese)

Cut cheese into 2″ x 1″ rectangular blocks. Gently insert three chow mein noodles on each side of cheese block for legs. Using two broken chow mein noodles, insert into “head” as antennae.

Note: Cheddar makes a bright and colorful beetle, but can be very frustrating for little fingers as the cheese is a bit too hard to press the noodles into without breaking. Use softer cheese such as gouda, havarti, monterey jack, or even mozerella.

Peanut Butter Caterpillars

bananas
peanut butter
grapes
chow mein noodles

Peel and slice a banana. Join the slices together by “gluing” them with peanut butter. Carefully poke two chow mein noodles (or break a pretzel stick in half to make two pieces) through the top of the grape. Use more peanut butter to attach the head (grape) to the front of the body, with antennae (chow mein noodles) pointing up.

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Here’s a fun Halloween project for the whole family. Use your imagination to decorate this house any way that you desire. Watch out for ghouls and goblins, they may just devour your masterpiece early!

You will need:
2 containers (16 ounce) chocolate fudge frosting*
2 empty 1 qt. milk cartons, rinsed and dried
1 large tray covered with foil.
*You can use a thick homemade frosting instead.

Decorations:
pretzel sticks
graham crackers
black licorice and red twists
candy corn
M&Ms
Foil wrapped Halloween Candy
rice crackers
Orange Sprinkles
Colored icing for writing or decorating

Tape each milk carton closed at top. Tape milk cartons together to make a house. Wrap with foil. Attach firmly to the covered tray with tape. Frost cartons with chocolate frosting. Frost the tray also to use as the lawn. Decorate with the assorted treats!

Some ideas

*Sprinkle orange sugar on the roof of the house.
*Rice crackers make neat “attic” windows.
*graham crackers for windows and doors-highlight with icing.
*pretzel stick window panes
*M&M “pathway stones” leading to the door.
*Candy corn “icicles” under the roof

After you have the house and pathway finished add details to the lawn area. Foil wrapped candy is great because you buy little mummies, ghosts or pumpkins and place them on the pathway and around the house. Buy from the bulk section of your grocery store to get a really good selection without having to buy a lot of one type of candy. After all the oohs and ahs have subsided and Halloween is over, let the kids pick off all the candy while they discuss what to do for next year’s Haunted House Spectacular!

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Directions
1. Shell: Mix flour, cocoa and salt in bowl. Using pastry blender, cut
in butter and shortening until mixture forms fine crumbs. Using a fork,
stir in ice water until a ball forms. On floured surface, roll dough
into 13-inch circle. Fit in 9-inch pie plate. Trim; flute. 

2. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Filling: Melt butter and chocolate in
saucepan; transfer to bowl; cool slightly. Stir in sugar and water. Beat
in yolks and vanilla. Fold in flour and salt. Beat whites in bowl until
soft peaks form. Fold into chocolate mixture; fold in 1/2 cup walnuts.
Spread in pie shell. Top with remaining walnuts. 

3. Bake in 350 degree F oven 40 minutes or until set. Cool on wire rack.
Makes 12 servings. 

2 c White sugar
1/2 c Corn syrup
1/2 c Milk or cream
1 ts Butter
1 ts Vanilla

Mix the first 4 ingredients, stirring occasionally. Boil until soft
to
medium ball stage. Cook, add vanilla and beat with a wooden spoon
until stiff. Add nuts and cherries if desired. For chocolate fudge,
add 2 tbls. cocoa.