This morning on "The Morning Blend" we demonstrated some simple Thanksgiving treat ideas you might want to try as a classroom treat or a way to dress up your Turkey Day table.
Here are the recipes featured:
Marshmallow Pilgrim Hats
24 striped shortbread cookies
12-ounce package of chocolate chips
24 marshmallows
1 tube of yellow decorator frosting
1) Set
the chocolate-striped cookies stripes down on a wax-paper covered tray, spacing
them well apart.
2) Melt
the chocolate chips in a microwave or double boiler
3) One
at a time, stick a toothpick into a marshmallow, dip the marshmallow into the
melted chocolate, and center it atop the cookie.
4) Using
a second toothpick to lightly hold down the marshmallow, carefully pull out the
first toothpick.
5) Chill
the hats until the chocolate sets, then make a yellow decorators’ frosting
buckle on the front of each hat.
Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies
1 roll refrigerated sugar cookies
1 container of chocolate frosting
candy corn
orange decorating frosting
black decorating gel
miniature M&Ms
1) Bake
cookies as directed on the roll. Cool completely.
2) Spoon
chocolate frosting into a small plastic sandwich bag and seal it. Cut a small
hole in the bottom corner of the bag. On each cookie, pipe frosting on the
outer edge half of the cookie. Arrange candy corn over the frosting as the
feathers.
3) Pipe
orange icing onto each cookie for the turkey face and feet. Use orange icing to
attach M&Ms to the face for eyes. Use black gel for the centers of the
eyes.
Cranberry Bog Gorp
¼ cup butter
¼ cup packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon maple syrup
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 ½ cups dried cranberries
1 ½ cups coarsely chopped walnuts
1 ½ cups pretzel nuggets, salted
1) Preheat
oven to 300 degrees F. Melt butter, brown sugar and maple syrup in a large pot
over medium heat. Stir in cinnamon and curry powder. Add cranberries, walnuts
and pretzels and stir to combine.
2) Spread
mixture on a greased jelly roll pan. Bake 15 minutes or until mixture is
crunchy and lightly browned.
