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Eyeball Martinis for Halloween
By rejadez
Be careful not to drink too many of these creepy cocktails
- EYEBALL:
- 1 radish
- 1 pimiento stuffed green olive
- Ice cube maker
- DRINK:
- 1 shot gin or vodka
- 1/4 shot dry vermouth (more or less to taste)
- NOTE: Can use any clear drink, alcoholic or non alcohol
Chicken Potpie
By rejadez
Chicken potpie is both an example of the best of American home cooking and a kind of culinary miracle worker, with ...
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 lb. button mushrooms, quartered
- 1 cup chopped leeks, white and pale green parts
- 1/2 cup finely diced carrots
- 1/3 cup fresh or thawed frozen peas
- 1/3 cup plus 1 Tbs. all-purpose flour
- 4 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 1/3 cup dry sherry
- 2 tsp. minced fresh tarragon
- 4 cups shredded cooked chicken
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- Basic pie dough for a double-crust pie (see recipe at left)
- 1 large egg
Jungle Animal Cupcakes
By rejadez
Lions and tigers, oh my! Create a jungle of decorating activities by making kids' favorite animals
- Cupcakes and Frosting
- 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow or devil’s food cake mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 1 1/4 cups Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting (from 1-lb container)
- Black food color
- 2 1/2 cups Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting (from two 1-lb containers)
- Yellow food color
- Red food color
- Lion Decorations
- 1 1/2 cups caramel popcorn
- 12 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
- 12 pretzel sticks
- 12 pieces Cheerios® cereal (any flavor)
- Tiger Decorations
- 12 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
- 12 orange chewy fruit-flavored gumdrops (not sugar coated), cut in half crosswise, top halves discarded
- Monkey Decorations
- 12 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
- 6 miniature marshmallows, cut in half crosswise, pieces flattened
- 12 small round chocolate-covered creamy mints
- Zebra Decorations
- 6 round vanilla wafer cookies
- 24 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
- 6 black chewy licorice-flavored gumdrops (not sugar coated), cut in half vertically
punch bowl with frozen hands and face
By rejadez
I couldnt find a picture with the frozen face, but if you get a plastic face mask and seal the eyes with tape and f...
- Choose a scary mask and tape all of the opening shut with tape (duct tape works best). Fill in the mask with a fizzy juice or soda (ginger ale, 7UP, Sparkling Apple Cider) and freeze. Right before the
- for the hand..
- Fill a plastic (NON-LATEX) glove with 2 1/2 cups of cranberry juice, 1 envelope of unflavored gelatin and a package of frozen raspberries. Tie the end off and set on a bakers sheet and freeze. Once it
Citrus Trio Butter Dipping Cookies
By rejadez
Enjoy these cookies inspired by delicious langues-de-chat, delicate French tea cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter, cool but not straight from the fridge
- 4 ounces cream cheese, cool but not straight from the fridge
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- Dash salt
- Finely grated zest from 1 lime
- Finely grated zest from 1 orange
- Finley grates zest from 1emon
Invisible Pops
By rejadez
Practice your magic with these invisible pops, setting licorice whips, pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds), and candy co...
- 2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup light corn syrup
- Assorted candies and seeds, such as red and black licorice whips, candy corn, and pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds)
- lollipop sticks
Brain Cupcakes
By rejadez
We can't guarantee they'll make you smarter, but we can assure that no spooky party would be complete without these
- Prepare chocolate cupcakes according to recipe. Cool completely.
- While cupcakes are cooling, make buttercream.
- To decorate, use a medium round tip (such as Ateco #12) to pipe a mound of buttercream in the center of cupcake, then outline and pipe a brain design over it.
- see buttercream recipe
Spaghetti Carbonara
By rejadez
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil
- Kosher salt
- 6 slices thick-cut bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
- 2 red jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
- 1/4 cup cognac or brandy (optional)
- 12 ounces spaghetti
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish
- 1/2 cup freshly grated pecorino romano cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- Freshly ground pepper
Paper shawdows
By rejadez
Shadows are emblematic of Halloween: dark and fleeting, and always lurking a step behind you
- Shadows are emblematic of Halloween: dark and fleeting, and always lurking a step behind you. But decorating with them is impossible -- at least without black magic -- so use some black paper and a li
- Bats in different sizes give the illusion that some are close, and some are far away. To make one: Print and cut out the bat template; tape wing sections to body, matching up the dotted lines. Use a u
Staircase Silhouette
By rejadez
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- Greet trick-or-treaters with a menacing silhouette that climbs the stairs. The rise on steps doesn't differ much from one staircase to another, so these pieces can be saved and used in another locatio