Pumpkin Cookies

The Pumpkin Cookies are a very simple sugar cookie with yellow and red food coloring to make orange dough.

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees . In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.





Materials for the Pumpkin pom poms
I made about 15 of these bats that I will hang around the class.


Thank you everyone for participating in "What would your children say?" Wednesday.

Preperation of the Class Halloween party

Tori and I are room moms and we are having a Halloween party for the class. Some of the things we are going to do are. Each child is going to decorate their own pumpkin cookie with icing and a variety of candy.

We are also going to have them make their own pumpkin pom poms with orange and green yarn.
For the final activity we are going to wrap each child like a mummy. We are going to use toilet paper.

I have made some bats for decoration.

I put all the candy in individual baggies and each child will receive a bag of candy with a cookie to decorate.




The Pumpkin Cookies are a very simple sugar cookie with yellow and red food coloring to make orange dough.

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees . In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.





Materials for the Pumpkin pom poms
I made about 15 of these bats that I will hang around the class.


Thank you everyone for participating in "What would your children say?" Wednesday.

I'm picking out the pumpkin. NO! I'm picking out the pumpkin

Its "What would your children say?" Wednesday. Time fly’s by with our children growing up so fast. This is a great way to cherish and remember those moments when they catch you by surprise with their great personalities.

The Cisco Kid and I were shopping for a couple of pumpkins. I told the Cisco kid he could pick them out. As he was searching for the pumpkins I would guide him into making the right choice. As he was picking them, he would say. Ok mom! This is a good one. He chose the ugliest pumpkins. I would tell him what was wrong with it and have him pick out another. He probably went through about five pumpkins when I decided to pick it out. Now it was time for him to pick the second pumpkin. Again he was picking the ones with broken stems and discolored, again I would shoot his choices down. He got to the end of his rope and mumbled under his breath. Mom you’re doing it again!!!!! I asked, what am I doing again. He said: You’re not letting me pick the one I want!!!!! I died laughing. I could not stop. It was so funny. I loved the fact that he stood up for himself in a cute way.

He made a perfect choice after all.

Caramel, candied apples

This is the time of year when candy is everywhere. I love the idea of caramel apples. If you're going to eat candy there should be some fruit involved. This year I had the Cisco kid make some Caramel, candied apples.


Ingredients:
4 large apples or 5 medium apples
1 bag of Caramels with sticks. Prepare the caramel as directed on package.
Chopped pecans
Milk Chocolate chips
Crushed Heath

Directions:
Put Chipped pecans, Milk Chocolate chips and crushed Heath in separate bowls. Once caramel is heated put the sticks in the apples and dip in caramel. Let excess caramel drip off. Then dip and cover with toppings. Place on parchment paper and let cool overnight.

Strufalas

This is the tenth of twelve posts from my Family Heritage Christmas cookie recipes. Every Monday from now until December, I will share my full collection of Christmas cookie recipes with you. Then I will post some of my Grandmothers cookies.

My Christmas cookie collection consists of twelve different kinds of cookies. These are all family favorites.

I have already posted about my Almond Crescents, no cook S’mores, Almond cups , Coconut Macaroons, Crisp sugar cookies, Chocolate Dipped Lady Fingers, and Oat Rageous Chocolate Chip Peanut butter, Neapolitan Cookies and Almond Crescents cookies.

1 tab. sugar
1 tea. grated lemon peel
1 tea. Vanilla exract1/2 tea. salt
4 eggs
1-1/2 cups of all-purpose flower
Oil for deep frying
1 cup of honey
Chocolate Candy sprinkles

Combine sugar, lemon peel, vanilla and salt. Add eggs and 2-1/2 cups of flour. Mix well. On a flowered surface roll out long tubes 1/2 inch thick. Cut on an angle 1/2 inch slices. Heat oil to frying temperature. put pieces of dough in oil and fry until golden brown. Put on paper towel so oil is drained. Pile Struffalas in a dish and drizzle with Honey and sprinkle chocolate candies.

There is nothing like receiving badges and awards to make a boy happy.

Last night we had our monthly Pack meeting for the Cub Scouts. The boys worked so hard to get all their requirements completed so they could get their Bobcat Badge. Not only did the Cisco Kid get his Bobcat Badge but he received the BB shooting Belt Loop, Archery Belt Loop, Bicycling Belt loop, Soccer Belt Loop, Soccer Sports Pin, Swimming Belt Loop, Art Belt Loop, Tiger Cub recognition badge and a Tiger Cub orange bed

The Cisco Kid getting all his awards.

The Chief pinning the Bobcat Badge on the Cisco Kid.






Now we are working on the Tiger Cub Badge requirements. Starting in November we will be working on "Making my family Special".