Pumpkin Pie Spice

Makes about 1/4 Cup 4 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon nutmeg Mix ingredients in a bowl and store in an airtight container.  Adjust the spices to suit your tastes.  I personally like a little more nutmeg & ginger.

Pumpkin Cheesecake

INGREDIENTS Serves 12. CRUST 1 1/4 cups graham-cracker crumbs (from10 whole crackers) 1/4 cup sugar 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted FILLING 4 packages (8 ounces each) bar cream cheese, very soft 1 1/4 cups sugar 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup canned pumpkin puree 2 tablespoons pumpkin-pie spice*** 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon salt…

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Space Dust Bars

Makes 18 servings 1 bag (12 oz) White Chocolate Chips 1/3 Cup Butter or Margarine 2 Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs 1 Cup Chopped Pecans 2 cans (12oz each) Apricot Dessert Filling 1 Can Sweetened Coconut Flakes Additional sweetened coconut flakes, optional Confectioners sugar, optional Preheat oven to 350˚F.  Grease metal or glass 9x13x2 inch baking…

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Shrimp Wontons

Stir together some red curry paste with some hot red pepper like Red Hot until desired spiciness. Put a small smear about the size of a pea on a small wonton. Put shrimp on the wonton – I buy deveined, uncooked peeled and thaw it. Same as above, wrap the wonton around the shrimp and…

Little Taco/Pizza Rolls

Chop up some cooked chicken Stir in some salsa (or some pesto and chopped sun dried tomato if pizza flavor is desired) Stir in some shredded pepper jack cheese or some shredded Italian blend cheese Put a glump in the middle of a small wonton wrapper Wet the edges of the wonton wrapper and wrap…

Pumpkin Poop

Small zip-lock bags Enough Candy Corn to fill bag Print off the following saying and attach it to the baggie of Candy Corn. “I started to carve a pumpkin with my carving knife and scoop, but the pumpkin got so scared he took a little poop!  It looked so cute and funny, just like a…

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Melon Brain

Things Needed 1 small  Seedless Melon Use a vegetable peeler to remove the entire rind, exposing the inner white rind. Red Jello Instructions Slice off the bottom of the melon to create a flat base that will keep it from rolling. Draw squiggly lines that represent the bumps and ridges of the brain. Carve narrow…

Popcorn Balls

Pop 1 2/3 Cups of Popcorn.  Try to pick out all of the old maids and then prepare the caramel coating. Boil 5 minutes: 1 lb Brown Sugar 1 Cup White Karo Syrup Then add: 1 Can Eagle Brand Condensed Milk 1 Cube of Butter Boil to softball stage (225˚- 227˚F).  If you are testing…