Friday, October 31, 2008

Halloween treats

We decided to have a big cooking day yesterday! Garrett & I roasted our pumpkin seeds.... 2 big batches! One with Cinnamon and sugar and one with garlic, seasoned salt, and paprika....They turned out great!

We let ours dry over night!

So we recommend you don't throw away those pumpkin seeds!
Preheat oven to 300ยบ F. clean off any major chunks.
Toss pumpkin seeds in a bowl with the melted butter or oil and seasonings of your choice. Spread pumpkin seeds in a single layer on an oiled baking sheet. (or spray with cooking spray).
Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

These are the Cinnamon ones....Don't they just look yummy!?!


Now Garrett helped me so much I felt bad because he can't eat the pumpkin seeds so we found a great little recipe for Boo-rrific cookies (with only 15 calories!) from one of my blogger friends.



Ingredients: 2 egg whites, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon almond extract, 1/8 teaspoon cider vinegar, 1/2 cup sugar, Orange food coloring, optional,
1-1/2 teaspoons miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Place egg whites in a small mixing bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Add extracts and vinegar; beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved, about 6 minutes. Beat in food coloring if desired.
Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert a #10 round pastry tip. Fill bag with egg white mixture. Pipe 1-1/2-in.-diameter ghosts onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Add two chips on each for eyes.
Bake at 250° for 40-45 minutes or until set and dry. Turn oven off; leave cookies in oven for 1 hour. Carefully remove from parchment paper. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.

Here's one of the Boo-rrific cookies up close!

Adam helped me makes these goody bags full of the different kinds of pumpkin seeds and Boo-rrific cookies for my in laws for Halloween!

And of course I can't have a post without pictures of Garrett!





Garrett loves these cookies!!!!



1 comments:

CarolinaGirl said...

My pumpkin seeds are still in a zip lock bag in the pantry. That is so sad! This is on my to do list for tomorrow!

What an adorable chicken:)