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Halloween Cobweb Cookie {Recipe}

For me, October is the beginning of the crazy holiday season. First comes Halloween, then Thanksgiving and then December is just jam packed with holiday celebrations. This time of year is when I love to craft and create with the kids and also entertain guests. With Halloween fast approaching, I felt it was only appropriate to create a fun Halloween treat for us to enjoy.

To create this delicious masterpiece, you will need:

Ingredients
– 1 tube of sugar cookie dough
– 1 apple diced
– 1/3 c creamy peanut butter
– 15-20 pretzel twists
– 1 bag of M&M’s
– 1 bag of candy corn
– 1 cup of white chocolate chips
– 3 tbsp orange frosting
– 3 tbsp black frosting

Directions:

1. Roll out cookie dough on a pizza pan, pizza stone or other pan of choice. (I used a greased pizza stone).

2. Bake cookie dough at 350* for 12-15 minutes and remove from over.

3. While cookie is baking, mix the diced apples with the peanut butter until it is mixed well.

4. After removing cookie from oven, spread apple peanut butter mixture onto cookie allowing it to melt and spread easier this becomes the glue for the goodies!).

5. Once apple peanut butter mixture is on, place pretzels, candy corn and M&M’s however you would like on the cookie.

6. Take your 3 tbsp of orange frosting and place it in a ziploc bag, cut a small hole in the corner and pipe frosting on in desired pattern. Repeat this step with the black frosting.

7. After frosting is on, melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave following instructions on the back of the package. Once melted, place white chocolate in a ziploc bag, cut a small hole in the corner and pipe chocolate on in the desired pattern.

8. Allow the cookie to cool and frosting/chocolate to harden and then cut and serve!

Enjoy!!

Everyone in our house really enjoyed this treat and the kids are already asking me to make it again!

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Easter Bunny Bark

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It’s hard to believe that it is almost Easter and before we know it, our house will be filled with kids running wild on a sugar high.

This year, we are changing things up for Easter and the kids are going to be getting some homemade goodies in their baskets in addition to some traditional confections. To get the holiday festivities going, we are starting it off with this Easter Bunny Bark!

Making Easter Bunny Bark is so easy that my teenagers can do it!

To get started, you will need:

-Lots of Easter candy. M&M’s, Jelly Beans, and other pretty pastel candies.
-20 ounces of good white chocolate, like Ghirardelli squares.

Once your candy is procured, roughly chop the larger pieces of candy if you are using any.

After your candy is ready, line a 9×11 pan with parchment paper.

Next, it is time to melt your chocolate. When melting the chocolate its your choice which way you choose do it. You can either melt it in a microwave or in a double broiler style pot, we prefer to use the microwave in our house.

*If using a microwave start at 30 seconds stir and repeat until fully melted.

*If you’re using stove top keep temp. at medium range make sure you are stirring constantly

Pour melted chocolate onto parchment paper and spread.

After your chocolate is all poured out, start adding candy to it, however you like.

Let the Easter Bark sit for several hours until it hardens. We let ours sit in the fridge overnight.

Once your chocolate is fully hardened, transfer it to a cutting board and cut into pieces and enjoy.

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Low Cal Spinach & Artichoke Dip { Recipe }

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If you are a sucker for delcious, creamy spinach and artichoke dip like I am then this is the recipe for you! This recipe makes 8 servings at only 150 calories each and it is absolutely delicious. We loved it so much we enjoyed it as our entire lunch while watching football!

Creating this dish is easy any only requires a few ingredients. To get started, you will need the following:

Ingredients

1 (10oz) package of frozen chopped spinach (thawed and drained)
1 (14oz) can of artichoke hearts drained and chopped
1 (8oz) container of plain Greek yogurt
1 cup shredded,part skim, low-moisture mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup of green onion chopped
1 tsp minced garlic

Directions

Preheat over to 350*.
Once all of your ingredients are prepped, mix them in a large bowl and then pour the mixture into a 9 inch pie dish or 1 quart casserole dish.
Bake for 25 minutes
Serve and enjoy!

We served ours with carrot sticks and tortilla chips and couldn’t get enough of it!

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Oatmeal Raisin Scones {Recipe}

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I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it before, but I am a big fan of coffee. If I could drink coffee all day, every day, I would do it. When I do get to enjoy coffee, I like to spoil myself with an additional treat and sometimes that is in the form of a scone.

Now, I love oatmeal raisin cookies, so it shouldn’t shock you to hear me say that Oatmeal Raisin Scones…with coffee…OMG, so good!

You can make your own oatmeal raisin scones using this great recipe, I promise, you won’t be disappointed!

Ingredients

½ cup raisins
⅓ cup milk
1 tablespoon molasses
½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup quick oats
1 tablespoon whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons sugar
¼ teaspoon apple pie spice
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon sea salt
2 oz butter, softened

Directions

Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Prepare baking sheet with parchment paper or baking mat.
On stovetop, heat raisins, milk, and molasses to lukewarm over low heat. Do not bring to a boil.
Remove from heat.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, oats, wheat flour, sugar, spice, baking powder, and sea salt. Stir to combine.
Use a fork or pastry blender to cut in butter. The mixture will resemble crumbly lumps.
Add milk mixture and stir gently just until combined.
Move dough from bowl to baking sheet and form a rounded loaf.
Divide the loaf into 8 wedges with a floured knife. Do not cut all the way through the bottom.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes at 375 until golden brown.
Serve warm.

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Scrumptious Tuna Stuffed Avocado {Recipe}

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Somewhere in the last few years, I have developed a slight addiction to avocado. Now don’t get me wrong, I have enjoyed avocado in the past but only in guacamole form. These days, I like to have avocado on burgers, sandwiches, salads and more. I am so hooked that I’ve been trying it with new things as well and this recipe, is definitely going to be my latest addiction.

Meet the Stuffed Avocado!

To prepare, you will need the following ingredient:

That would be: Mayo, Garlic Salt, Pepper, Lemon Juice, 1 Avocado, red onion, tomato and 1 can of tuna, drained.

To start things off you want to cut open your avocado and dice it up, but be sure to save the avocado shell, then dice the tomato and onion as well. I used the entire avocado and about 1/4 cup of tomato and red onion (yay! I have leftovers to make more tomorrow!)

Once you have everything diced, toss it all in a bowl.

Next, add your drained can of tuna, a drizzle of lemon juice, a sprinkle of garlic salt and pepper and 2 tbsp mayo and mix it up. Take a little taste to ensure the seasoning satisfies your taste buds and adjust accordingly.

Once you have everything the way you like it, scoop the filling into the avocado shells and serve!

You can enjoy this with tortilla chips, in a lettuce wrap, or even in a tortilla like I ended up doing! It was sooooo delicious that I am already looking forward to whipping up another batch tomorrow for lunch!

Enjoy!!