Celebrate the 4th: Fun with Food
Every year I try to do some fun little thing with food as part of our celebration. Check out my post here about what we did this year at the beach.
Jennifer
Category: Desserts
Apple Shaped Mini Pies
School is almost out and my little ones and I celebrated today by making some miniature apple-shaped pies for the big kids’ after school snack. We had just finished reading A Was Once an Apple Pie, and it seemed like a good idea.
I went for ease rather than taste. I grabbed some store bought pie crusts from the refrigerated section and a can of apple pie filling. I have an amazing apple pie recipe, but I knew that I’d be baking with three helpers age 5 and under so I opted to keep things simple. I’m glad I did. We had a lot of fun together.
When they cooled we slipped them in little bags to give to the big kids.
While the taste could be improved simply by using a real recipe, the pies turned out great. They looked good, and my family gobbled them up. They were really easy to make.
My little ones and I had so much fun that we’ll definitely do this again soon. It was a great activity.
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Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies
This is our family’s favorite no bake cookie recipe. I happen to live with a lot of people who LOVE peanut butter.
Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies Ingredients:
1 cup sugar 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup butter pinch salt 1 cup peanut butter 1 tsp. vanilla 3 cups rolled oats Directions:
Combine sugar, milk, butter and salt in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat. Stir in vanilla, then add peanut butter. Mix well. Stir in rolled oats. Drop large spoonfuls on wax paper and cool.
Enjoy!
HH