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•No touching knives or the stove
•Do not touch any appliances without adult supervision.
•Always wash your hands before handling food.

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You might need to use tools that require adult supervision, such as glue gun and scissors. If so, these can be replaced by textile glue and safety scissors. Make sure you ask your parents some help.

Decorate your table this Fourth of July with these adorable treat holders made to look like Uncle Sam’s hat. Fill with your favorite treats and give away as party favors at the end of the party!

What you’ll need:

How to make it:

1. Place cup, open end down, on top of the red felt and trace with a marker.
2. Cut around the traced circle leaving a ¾” border around it.
3. Fold the circle and cut a slit in the center of the circle to allow your scissors to get in. Cut out the inside circle, leaving about a ¼” border around the inside of the trace line. Set felt circle aside.
4. Paint red stripes all the way around the outside of the cup, stripes should run up and down. Let dry completely.
5. Cut a strip of blue felt about 1.5” wide. It should be long enough to wrap around the brim of the cup.
6. Glue felt strip around the outside of the top of the cup.
7. Lay red felt circle on to work surface, black trace line should be facing up.
8. Line the lip of the cup with white glue and press down onto black trace line. Let dry.
9. Turn cup over and place on work surface.
10. Use silver chenille to bend into star shapes, trim where needed. Glue onto the blue hat band.
11. When everything is dry, fill with treats.

Tips:

• To make our treat cups sturdier, especially if using outside, glue a heavy washer to the bottom of the cup.
• You can add handles to your cup by twisting to chenille stems together and poking through the sides of the cup and running over the top. This step should be done before adding the blue brim.
• You may also use white paper or plastic cups for this project.

Source: http://crafts.kaboose.com/uncle-sam-hat-treat-holders.html

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You might need to use tools that require adult supervision, such as glue gun and scissors. If so, these can be replaced by textile glue and safety scissors. Make sure you ask your parents some help.

Its vibrant and festive colors almost look like tie dye!  Make your own mini treat pouches from watercolor paints and coffee filters.  It’s perfect for adding a handmade touch to your family’s Easter table.

What you’ll need:

How to make it:

1. Place coffee filter flat on work surface with newspaper or paper towel underneath.
2. Paint the coffee filter with different colored watercolor paint. Let dry.
3. Place a few small treats in the center of the colorful coffee filter.
4. Gather the edges up and around the treats, forming a pouch.
5. Close with a chenille stem.
6. Trim the chenille with scissors.

Tips:

• This little pouch makes a great party favor of table setting favor. Place one at each plate. Remember, treats are for AFTER dinner!
• Younger siblings will love to help painting the coffee filters. For bolder colors use a paintbrush full of water to gather the paint. For lighter shades, dip the brush back into the water after picking up the paint.
• These pouches are small and will fit only a few treats. Try using miniature candies, jelly beans, coins, trinkets, or other small goodies.

Source: http://crafts.kaboose.com/miniature-treat-pouch.html

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•No touching knives or the stove
•Do not touch any appliances without adult supervision.
•Always wash your hands before handling food.

Enjoy your favorite fruits and savory snacks this winter with a hint of chocolate. These Dipped Chocolate Treats make for a fun recipe, an elegant party dessert or a holiday sweet.

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound of chocoate
• 1 to 2 teaspoons salad oil

Cooking Instructions

1. In 2-cup glass container, microwave chocolate on medium (50% power) until softened; stir until smooth.
2. For easier dipping, stir in 1 to 2 teaspoons salad oil.
3. Use for dipping fruits, pretzels, truffles, etc. Recipe makes enough to dip 6 cups pretzels; or 2 pints strawberries (try combining melted dark and white chocolates before dipping…very pretty).

Tips & Tricks

Melting times

semisweet chocolate……2 to 2 1/2 minutes
milk chocolate………..1 1/2 to 1 3/4 minutes
white chocolate……….1 to 1 1/2 minutes

Source: http://recipes.kaboose.com/dipped-chocolate-treats.html

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The smell of freshly baked cookies and the holidays seem to go together. And letting your friends help with the holiday baking is a wonderful way to start your own family traditions. Here are my favorite holiday treats; most are fast and easy, and require just a few ingredients.

Snickerdoodles!

Despite their unusual name, snickerdoodles are delicious and very easy to make. Rolled in a sugar and cinnamon mixture, these are light cookies that your family will enjoy.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 3/4 cup sugar (white)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Preparation:

Sift together first 4 dry ingredients. Add in the butter, 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla. Mix. Beat in the egg.

In small bowl, mix the 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon. Roll dough into balls (size of your choice. I go for ping pong ball sized) and roll them in the sugar and cinnamon mixture.

Bake at 400 degrees F. for about 8 minutes. Cool on a rack.

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Melting Moment Cookies!

Melting moment cookies only require four ingredients, and they literally melt in your mouth. They are perfect for winter holidays as they resemble round snowballs.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups butter
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup confectioner sugar

Preparation:

Cream butter; add remaining ingredients and mix well. Drop on cookie sheet (1/2-1 inch balls). Bake at 350 degrees for approx. 20 minutes. Cool, then roll in sifted confectioner sugar. – Lina, forum member

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Chocolate Fudge!

Rich chocolate fudge is a classic holiday treat. Here are 3 variations of fudge, all requiring just a few ingredients. And best of all, you won’t need a candy thermometer to make these.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 14 oz can SWEETENED condensed milk (NOT evaporated)
• dash salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation:

Over low heat, melt choc., sweetened milk, and salt. Remove from heat, stir in walnuts and vanilla.

Pour into and 8 or 9 inch foil-lined square pan, cool for about 2 hrs. Turn onto a cutting board, peel off the foil, and cut into little squares.

Creamy Milk Chococolate Fudge

Omit one cup of the choc. chips, replace with 1 cup milk chocolate chips and 2 cups mini marshmallows. Proceed as above.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Fudge

Omit one cup of the choc. chips and the walnuts; Stir in 1 cup peanut butter chips just before spreading in pan.

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Thimbelina Cookies!

Thimbelina cookies make a colorful and delicious addition to your holiday cookie tray. Warning: these are very tasty, and it’s hard to stop after eating just one. Makes about 24 cookies; I usually double this recipe.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 17 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter (I’ve used margarine before)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk, well beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg white, unbeaten
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts

Preparation:

Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolk, and vanilla. Add flour and salt, blend in. Form into 1 inch balls. Roll in egg white, then roll in nuts. Place on ungreased cookie sheet, and, using your thumb, indent the center of each ball. Bake at 350 for 5 minutes, remover from oven, and indent again (they will puff up a bit and need the second indenting). Bake for another 12 minutes or so. Cool completely, then fill with tinted frosting (below).

Tinted Butter Frosting

Combine 2 cups powdered sugar, 6 tablespoons melted butter, 1 tablespoon cream (I’ve used milk), and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Mix well. Divide the frosting up, and tint with red, green and yellow food coloring. Fill the indentations on the cookies with a teaspoon or so of frosting.

These are so colorful and very tasty; they are the kinds that melt in your mouth!

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Double Chocolate Bars!

With a chocolate oreo cookie crust and chocolate chips in the middle and on top, these are very rich bars. They are very easy to make, and require just a few ingredients.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 24 chocolate oreo type cookies, finely crushed
• 1/2 cube margarine, melted
• 2 cups semi-sweet choc. chips, divided
• 1 14 ounce can SWEETENED condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chopped nuts (I used walnuts)

Preparation:

Mix cookie crumbs and melted margarine. Press firmly into the bottom of a 9 x 12 inch baking dish.

Melt 1 cup chocolate chips, sweetened milk, and vanilla over low heat. Pour evenly over cookie crust.

Top with remaining one cup choc. chips and nuts. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes.

Cool; cut into small squares. Can chill, but I think they are better at room temperature.

Source: http://homeparents.about.com/od/christmasrecipes/tp/top_cookies.htm

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