Fall Goodies #9

Apple Taffy Cookies

These aren't my cookies, I can't get my camera to work

Recipe

1/2	cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2	cup chunky peanut butter
3/4	cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1	egg
1‑1/2	cups all-purpose flour
1	teaspoon baking soda
1/4	teaspoon baking powder
1/4	teaspoon salt
1‑1/2	cups butterscotch chips
1	cup chopped dried apples
1	cup caramel apple dip
1/2	cup chopped peanuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.Beat butter, peanut butter and brown sugar in large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until fluffy. Add egg; beat until well blended. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in butterscotch chips and dried apples. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool cookies 2 minutes on cookie sheets. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Spread about 1 teaspoon caramel apple dip on each cookie. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts.

Halloween Books to Read #4

A VERY BRAVE WITCH

"Kindergarten-Grade 2–A friendly young witch describes what she likes most about Halloween. She explains that although most of her kind …are afraid of humans, she has done research and concluded that people are not that bad. She plans to visit them this Halloween night as they trick a tree. After boarding her broom, she zooms in a circle, becomes dizzy, and crashes near some trick-or-treaters. She soon discovers that a brave witch and a brave human girl dressed as a witch are not so very different. As the book ends, the two new friends share a moonlit broomstick ride. The chatty text appears in dialogue balloons. Done in black ink and watercolor, the cartoon artwork captures the holiday's spirit with crisp fall colors and amusing details. Busy witches decorate their creepy-looking mansion by hanging skeletons, un-caging bats, and sprinkling spiders out the windows. In the Sub-Basement Costume Unit, a seamstress is hard at work sewing a monster paw; costumes line the walls (Frankenstein, a space creature, etc.); and politician masks share space with a jar full of eyeballs. Both children–one green and one not–are appealing, and the witch's orange cat, with its expressive features, adds to the fun. A humorous, not-scary-at-all read-aloud." from Amazon

My Thoughts: CUTE CUTE CUTE

Menu Plan Monday 10/25

Monday-Spell-Binding Stew and homemade rolls
Tuesday-Rest in Pizza
Wednesday-Stack of Bones, Mac and Chesse
Thursday-Sandwiches and french fries
Friday- OFF TO OREGON
Saturday-OREGON
Sunday-Something on the road

If you are interested in any of the above recipes just let me know and I will get it to you.

ENJOY YOUR WEEK

Black Friday Ads #1

Ok every Friday until Black Friday I will try and get all the new ads listed for you my readers to glance at. They have already started listing:

Harbor Freight

True Value

So that is really all they have this week. I can not tell you how much I LOVE Black Friday.  This year I am going to be in Oregon on that day which means NO SALES TAX that is another reason to celebrate lol.

Do you go shopping on Black Friday? Or do you think I am CRAZY for going shopping on that day?

CSN Stores Giveaway

Have you ever heard of CSN Stores? Well if you haven't you need to check it out. There are over 200 stores all in one place with one checkout. Now we recently bought our house and I have been wanting to get some bar furniture like these bar stools.

Now those would look great in my house. CSN Stores has everything you could imagine, this area rug

And I am pretty sure that this is on the list to Santa this year.

So as you can see CSN STORES has a wide variety of things to offer.

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Halloween Books to Read #3

SCAREDY-CAT, SPLAT!

"It's Halloween, and Splat is determined to be the scariest cat in the class. Unfortunately he's just too much of a scaredy-cat. He's afraid of a little spider, and everyone says his costume looks more silly than scary. And when Mrs. Wimpydimple tells a ghost story in the dark, Splat gets so frightened that he tips over his jack-o'-lantern. But when the lights go back on, the entire class is scared silly by a small, black, furry creature with a big pumpkin head. Whooooo can it be?" from Amazon

MY THOUGHTS: This is such a cute book, when I seen it I knew I had to get it for my little Lyndze Mae she loves cats and then we read it and all I can say is it's just such a cute little story.

Fall Goodies #8

Magic Mini Dog Wands

The kids had this for snack Tuesday.

Recipe

4 Tablespoons of butter, melted
2 packages of refrigerated breadstick dough
1 package of cocktail sausages
4 Tablespoons shredded parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. Unwrap 1 package of dough and divide into 2 sections. Smooth out perforations in 1 section and cut into 12 pieces. Roll each piece into a round strip about 4 inches long.
3. Blot the cocktails dry with a paper towel. Roll 1 dough strip around each cocktail pinching ends together. Place on the cookie sheet, seam side down. Repeat to make 12 wands . Brush with butter.
4. Roll second package and remaining dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Use a 3-inch star cookie cutter to cut out 24 stars. Place 1 star on tip of wand, overlapping edge to attach dough. Slice a cocktail into thin slices and overlap 3 slices in center of each star. And place another star on top and press edges together. Repeat until all wands have filled dough stars in place.
5. Brush wands and stars with butter and sprinkle with cheese. Bake 20 minutes.

 EAT AND ENJOY YUMMY