One last Halloween treat for you guys!   These Witches Brooms are cute and tasty!  One recommendation would be to use your own peanut butter cookie dough recipe or even the store bought roll.  This one was okay but I’ve had better.  And of course you can make your own orange icing or you can buy ones like Wilton’s Squeeze bottle icing. Let me know if you guys try them for yourself.  And if you enjoy the Halloween Season, have a spooooky and safe time!

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 10 pretzel rods, about 8 1/2 inches long, cut crosswise in half
• 2 teaspoons shortening
• 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• Butterscotch-flavored chips, melted

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F (180 C). Mix brown sugar, butter, water and vanilla in medium bowl. Stir in flour and salt. Shape dough into twenty 1 1/4-inch balls.
2. Place pretzel rod halves on ungreased cookie sheet. Press ball of dough onto cut end of each pretzel rod. Press dough with fork to resemble “bristles” of broom.
3. Bake about 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely on wire rack, about 30 minutes.
4. Cover cookie sheet with waxed paper. Place brooms on waxed paper. Heat shortening and chocolate chips over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth; remove from heat. Spoon melted chocolate over brooms, leaving about 1 inch at top of pretzel handle and bottom halves of cookie bristles uncovered. Drizzle with melted butterscotch chips. Let stand until chocolate is set.

Makes 20 snacks.

I get several requests for “cooking for two” recipes and since I have 5, I turned to my Mom!  While most people know how to make rice krispies, I thought it would fun to share it for those who are single and new to cooking up treats or for those couples who forgot about this tasty sweet. I’ll be coming to you with more so keep an eye out!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tsp. butter
• 6 large marshmallows or approx 3/4 to 1 cup miniature marshmallows
• 1 cup Rice Krispies

DIRECTIONS

Microwave the butter and marshmallows; add the cereal and stir.  I would recommend spreading a very light coat of butter on the bowl and the spatula or spoon to prevent sticking.

The lemon is there to simply show you the size of the small CorningWare dish.

This is one of the treat recipes that my mom grew up with. They are so easy to make and easy on the budget. They were always a big hit when her Mom made them, and they didn’t last very long around their house. They bring her back such good memories so I’m happy to share them with you in hopes that they bring you the same kind of memories.  After chatting with folks, it seems these were popular for lots of folks. If you try them out, let me know!

Oh, and the pan is the Wilton Bite Size Brownie Squares Silicon Mold Pan. CUTE!

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 4 cups quick oats

DIRECTIONS

In a medium sauce pan cook together the butter or margarine, cocoa, milk and sugar until the mixture begins to boil.  Boil for one minute.  Stir frequently.  Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter. Then add the oats and coconut.
Mix well….the mixture will be thick.  Drop onto waxed paper with a tablespoon and allow to cool.  Cookies will harden a bit as they cool.

Optional: 1 cup shredded coconut and decrease the oatmeal to 3 cups

Makes 2-3 dozen, depending on the size.

S’mores have been associated with camping for years but did it ever cross your mind to make them at home?  Me either, until my mom made them for my family while visiting recently.  It had been forever since my last s’mores encounter and my first time seeing little man devour one.  It had to be the most adorable thing ever.  To hear him saying, “mmm, mmm” was priceless.  And watching his fingers get sticky with marshmallow and him trying to lick it off was so much fun.

Since my mom was kind of enough to send home a S’mores Maker with us, I wanted to relive those precious moments with the little guy and my husband because I knew he hadn’t ate a S’mores treat in forever.  Big hit again!

My S’more’s Maker only does one at a time but you can get one that makes two. I would like that a lot and it’s cute to boot!  Looks like little hands are holding the S’mores down.

How do you make a S’mores?

You’ll need:

• Graham Crackers
• Marshmallows
• Chocolate (We used the Hershey’s Chocolate Bar)

Be creative and try Reese’s or white chocolate. Have fun with it!

You simply layer a graham cracker, your chocolate piece, and a big marshmallow.  Place in your S’mores Maker and microwave for 20 second. YUM!

OVER TO YOU!

I would love to hear your S’mores stories or recipes!  And do you have one of these makers at home?  Do you only make them outside or do you have some other creative way for making them?